Zipping of files

[Peter van Rooij]

Hello MIke

When I use 
Do FileOps.$getfilename(lPath)
To get the filename of a file on my USB-stick, it works alright

the filename for the script becomes:

file "LocPref.txt" in the folder "SP UFD U2"

Where the folder SP UFD U2 is my Usb-stick

HTH

Peter

> On 8 feb. 2016, at 14:01, Mike Matthews <omnis at lineal.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hello Peter,
> 
> That is what I have done in the past, do you know if you can set a different Volume for the ZIP file from the source file?
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> On 8 Feb 2016, at 12:55, Peter van Rooij <pfvanrooij at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hello
>> 
>> You could use an applescript under MacOs :
>> 
>> tell application "Finder"
>> 	select the [@FileOrFolderPath]
>> 	set theItem to selection as alias
>> 	set itemPath to quoted form of POSIX path of theItem
>> 	set fileName to name of theItem
>> 	set theFolder to POSIX path of (container of theItem as alias)
>> 	set zipFile to quoted form of (theFolder & fileName & ".zip")
>> 	do shell script "zip -r -j " & zipFile & " " & itemPath
>> end tell
>> 
>> you replace [@FileOrFolderPath] with the path you want.
>> Something like 
>> 
>> file "LocPref.txt" in the folder "Clientrix" in the folder "Desktop" in the folder "petervanrooij" in the folder "Users" in the folder "Macintosh HD”
>> 
>> HTH
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 8 feb. 2016, at 13:42, Phil (OmnisList) <phil at pgpotter.co.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Dawid,
>>> 
>>> Are you saying there is an Omnis external that has been written to use the 7zip code?
>>> 
>>> regards
>>> Phil Potter
>>> Based in Chester in the UK.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 08/02/2016 12:23, Dawid Mocke wrote:
>>>> Integration into 7z (www.7-zip.org)?
>>>> On 08 Feb 2016 2:22 PM, "Mike Matthews" <omnis at lineal.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Does Studio support Zipping of files yet?  I found the compress()
>>>>> function, but that is for binary data fields, rather than files.  This file
>>>>> is too large to load into RAM, compress and then save out to a file.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mike
>>>>> 
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