Archive.FileList

Lists file paths in the archive.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Archive	Either container with archive or native file path.	"C:\test\test.zip"
Passphrase	Password to use.		Optional
Options	Available in MBS FileMaker Plugin 14.3 or newer. The options to pass to reader. This is a comma-separated list of options. Option names can be prefixed with module name.		Optional

Result

Returns list or error.

Description

Examples

Get file list:

Set Variable [ $list ; Value: MBS("Archive.FileList"; If(IsEmpty($Path); $Container; $Path)) ]
If [ MBS("IsError") ]
    Show Custom Dialog [ "Failed to read container" ; $list ]
Else
    Set Field [ $Content ; MBS("JSON.Colorize"; $list) ]
End If

List files with using Windows ANSI encoding:

MBS( "Archive.FileList"; "/Users/cs/Desktop/test.zip"; ""; "hdrcharset=cp1252")

See also

• Archive.Content
• Archive.Extract
• Archive.ExtractFile
• Archive.GZipDecompress
• IsError
• JSON.Colorize

Release notes

• Version 14.3
  • Added Options parameter for Archive.Content, Archive.Extract, Archive.ExtractFile, Archive.FileList and Archive.GZipDecompress functions.
• Version 11.5
  • Fixed an issue with Archive.FileList function not picking up file names on Windows due to text encoding issue.
• Version 10.0
  • Fixed problem in Archive.FileList and Archive.Content not returning error if encrypted archive could not be read.

Blog Entries

• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 14.3pr7
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 11.5pr7
• Embrace JSON
• MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 9.6pr3

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Created 8th December 2018, last changed 4th July 2024

Archive.ExtractFile - Archive.GZipDecompress