This method works great on Mac without using any plugin. I'm not sure if it
can be tweaked to work on Windows.
//zipFolderItem(sourcePath{;archivePath)->archivePath
// -- zip file or folder. If success returns archivePath
C_TEXT($0;$1;$2;$cmd;$sourcePath;$archivePath)
C_LONGINT($ctr)
C_BOOLEAN($addToExisting)
$sourcePath:=$1
If (Count parameters=1)
$archivePath:=$sourcePath+".zip"
Else
$archivePath:=$2
If ($archivePath#"@.zip")
$archivePath:=$archivePath+".zip"
End if
$addToExisting:=True
End if
If (Not($addToExisting))
// get unique archive path
While ((Test path name($archivePath)=Is a document) | (Test path
name($archivePath)=Is a folder))
$ctr:=$ctr+1
$archivePath:=$sourcePath+" "+String($ctr)+".zip"
End while
End if
$sourcePath:=Convert path system to POSIX($sourcePath)
$archivePath:=Convert path system to POSIX($archivePath)
$cmd:="ditto -c -k '"+$sourcePath+"' '"+$archivePath+"'"
LAUNCH EXTERNAL PROCESS($cmd)
$archivePath:=Convert path POSIX to system($archivePath)
If (Test path name($archivePath)=Is a document)
$0:=$archivePath
End if
> On Jul 28, 2017, at 9:15 AM, 4d_tech-requ...@lists.4d.com wrote:
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:24:26 -0600
> From: Jody Bevan <jody.be...@gmail.com>
> To: 4D iNug Technical <4d_tech@lists.4d.com>
> Subject: zipping files
> Message-ID: <79da757f-505f-4dbf-be79-2604f8d53...@gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> I have looked through the Knowledgebase, and past nug posts. I tried PHP to
> do this but got no where (something obviously I am doing).
> I ended up (thus far) with miyako’s 4D plugin for zipping.
>
> I go into his test db and try it out and it works perfectly. So now I want to
> implement in our shell.
>
> I place the plugin in the Plugin folder of our application and restart.
>
> That is fine, and I now have a plugin that loads at startup and when I write
> code the plugin command shows up as a plugin and the constants as well.
>
> I run the code and it always fails!
>
> So any ideas as to what I am doing wrong? Is this actually a component and
> not ‘just’ a plug-in and I have to do more?
>
> Any help appreciated, as I continue to struggle with this.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jody Bevan
> ARGUS Productions Inc.
> Developer
> Argus Productions Inc. <https://www.facebook.com/ArgusProductions/>
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