Visual FoxPro

Controlling paths within a Zip

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How to control the paths stored within a .zip. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loZip
LOCAL lnRecurse

lnSuccess = 0

* This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
* See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loZip = CreateObject('Chilkat.Zip')

* This is the directory structure on the local filesystem
* from which we'll create .zip archives:
* The root directory is /temp/filesToZip
* 
* We have these files:
* /temp/filesToZip/faxCover.doc
* /temp/filesToZip/exe/Setup.exe
* /temp/filesToZip/images/cheese.jpg
* /temp/filesToZip/images/dude.gif
* /temp/filesToZip/images/img3.gif
* /temp/filesToZip/images/img4.gif
* /temp/filesToZip/images/img5.gif
* /temp/filesToZip/images/scream.jpg
* /temp/filesToZip/images/imageInfo/scream.xml
* /temp/filesToZip/images/imageInfo/cheese.xml
* /temp/filesToZip/text/html/bonaireFishing.html
* /temp/filesToZip/text/html/upload.html
* /temp/filesToZip/text/txt/hello.txt
* /temp/filesToZip/text/txt/HelloWorld123.txt
* /temp/filesToZip/text/xml/hamlet.xml
* /temp/filesToZip/text/xml/pigs.xml

* There are three properties to help control the paths stored
* within a .zip:
* AppendFromDir
* PathPrefix
* DiscardPaths
* 

* First we'll demonstrate AppendFromDir
* When a directory tree is appended via AppendFiles or
* AppendFilesEx, the AppendFromDir sets the base of the 
* directory tree appended (if the file pattern contains a 
* relative path, or no path at all).

* Clear the zip object.
loZip.NewZip("test1.zip")

lnRecurse = 1

loZip.AppendFromDir = "/temp/filesToZip"
lnSuccess = loZip.AppendFiles("*.xml",lnRecurse)

* The zip will contain:
* images/imageInfo/scream.xml
* images/imageInfo/cheese.xml
* text/xml/hamlet.xml
* text/xml/pigs.xml

lnSuccess = loZip.WriteZipAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Clear the zip object.
lnSuccess = loZip.NewZip("test2.zip")

loZip.AppendFromDir = "/temp/filesToZip/images"
lnSuccess = loZip.AppendFiles("*.xml",lnRecurse)
loZip.AppendFromDir = "/temp/filesToZip/text"
lnSuccess = loZip.AppendFiles("*.xml",lnRecurse)

* The zip will contain:
* imageInfo/scream.xml
* imageInfo/cheese.xml
* xml/hamlet.xml
* xml/pigs.xml

lnSuccess = loZip.WriteZipAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* The PathPrefix property adds an arbitrary path prefix to each
* file in the .zip.
* For example:

* Clear the zip object.
lnSuccess = loZip.NewZip("test3.zip")

loZip.PathPrefix = "chilkat/"

loZip.AppendFromDir = "/temp/filesToZip/images"
lnSuccess = loZip.AppendFiles("*.xml",lnRecurse)
loZip.AppendFromDir = "/temp/filesToZip/text"
lnSuccess = loZip.AppendFiles("*.xml",lnRecurse)

* The zip will contain:
* chilkat/imageInfo/scream.xml
* chilkat/imageInfo/cheese.xml
* chilkat/xml/hamlet.xml
* chilkat/xml/pigs.xml

lnSuccess = loZip.WriteZipAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* The DiscardPaths property removes the path from each file
* in the zip:
* For example:

* Clear the zip object.
lnSuccess = loZip.NewZip("test4.zip")

loZip.PathPrefix = ""
loZip.DiscardPaths = 1

loZip.AppendFromDir = "/temp/filesToZip/"
lnSuccess = loZip.AppendFiles("*",lnRecurse)

* The zip will contain:
* faxCover.doc
* Setup.exe
* cheese.jpg
* dude.gif
* img3.gif
* img4.gif
* img5.gif
* scream.jpg
* scream.xml
* cheese.xml
* bonaireFishing.html
* upload.html
* hello.txt
* HelloWorld123.txt
* hamlet.xml
* pigs.xml

lnSuccess = loZip.WriteZipAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* You can combine PathPrefix with DiscardPaths:

* Clear the zip object.
lnSuccess = loZip.NewZip("test5.zip")

loZip.PathPrefix = "chilkat/"
loZip.DiscardPaths = 1

loZip.AppendFromDir = "/temp/filesToZip/"
lnSuccess = loZip.AppendFiles("*",lnRecurse)

* The zip will contain:
* chilkat/faxCover.doc
* chilkat/Setup.exe
* chilkat/cheese.jpg
* chilkat/dude.gif
* chilkat/img3.gif
* chilkat/img4.gif
* chilkat/img5.gif
* chilkat/scream.jpg
* chilkat/scream.xml
* chilkat/cheese.xml
* chilkat/bonaireFishing.html
* chilkat/upload.html
* chilkat/hello.txt
* chilkat/HelloWorld123.txt
* chilkat/hamlet.xml
* chilkat/pigs.xml

lnSuccess = loZip.WriteZipAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* One last example -- combine DiscardPaths with PathPrefix
* with multiple calls to AppendFiles:

* Clear the zip object.
lnSuccess = loZip.NewZip("test6.zip")

loZip.DiscardPaths = 1
loZip.AppendFromDir = "/temp/filesToZip/"

* Get all .gif files:
loZip.PathPrefix = "gif/"
lnSuccess = loZip.AppendFiles("*.gif",lnRecurse)

* Get all .jpg files:
loZip.PathPrefix = "jpg/"
lnSuccess = loZip.AppendFiles("*.jpg",lnRecurse)

* Get all .xml files:
loZip.PathPrefix = "xml/"
lnSuccess = loZip.AppendFiles("*.xml",lnRecurse)

* The zip will contain:
* jpg/cheese.jpg
* gif/dude.gif
* gif/img3.gif
* gif/img4.gif
* gif/img5.gif
* jpg/scream.jpg
* xml/scream.xml
* xml/cheese.xml
* xml/hamlet.xml
* xml/pigs.xml

lnSuccess = loZip.WriteZipAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loZip