Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Archive.ExtractFile

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Archive.ExtractFile

Extracts one file and returns as container.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
Archive	10.4	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes	✅ Yes

MBS( "Archive.ExtractFile"; Archive; FilePath { ; Passphrase; New file name } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Archive Either container with archive or native file path. "C:\test\test.zip"

FilePath The path name of the file within the archive. "test/test.jpg"

Passphrase Password to use for the archive. Optional

New file name The new file name to use for container.
Default is to use name of the item in the zip archive. Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Archive	Either container with archive or native file path.	"C:\test\test.zip"
FilePath	The path name of the file within the archive.	"test/test.jpg"
Passphrase	Password to use for the archive.		Optional
New file name	The new file name to use for container. Default is to use name of the item in the zip archive.		Optional

Result

Returns container or error.

Description

Extracts one file and returns as container.
You may use Archive.FileList to get a list of file names in the archive.

For pure gz file without an archive, you can use Archive.GZipDecompress function.

Examples

Extract one PDF file:

Set Field [ Contacts::Photo Container ; MBS( "Archive.ExtractFile"; "/Users/cs/Desktop/Archiv.zip"; "test40.pdf") ]

Show version number of MBS plugin in Mac container:

# extract info file with metadata
Set Variable [ $InfoFile ; Value: MBS( "Archive.ExtractFile"; Install Plugin Update if needed::Plugin File Mac; "MBS.fmplugin/Contents/Info.plist" ) ]
# get it as text
Set Variable [ $InfoText ; Value: MBS( "Container.GetText"; $InfoFile; "FILE") ]
# query version entry in XML
Set Variable [ $version ; Value: MBS( "XML.GetPathValue"; $InfoText; "plist.dict.string[6]") ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "Version of MBS Plugin" ; $version ]

Extract Mac version number via RegEx:

# extract info file with metadata
Set Variable [ $InfoFile ; Value: MBS( "Archive.ExtractFile"; Install Plugin Update if needed::Plugin File Mac; "MBS.fmplugin/Contents/Info.plist" ) ]
# get version as text
Set Variable [ $version ; Value: MBS( "RegEx.Extract"; $infoText; "<key>CFBundleVersion</key>\s*<string>(.*)</string>"; "\1"; "greedy, caseless" ) ]
Show Custom Dialog [ "MBS Version" ; $version ]