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Returns the type of archive: single-part archive or multi-part archive.
Example
MyArchive is zipArchive
 
// Open the archive "MyArchive"
ResOpenArchive = MyArchive.Open("D:\Backups\Backup.zip")
 
IF ResOpenArchive = 0 THEN
...
END
// Single-part or multi-part archive?
ResIsMulti = MyArchive.IsMulti()
// Display the result
IF ResIsMulti = True THEN
Info("The archive is a multi-part archive")
ELSE
Info("The archive is a single-part archive")
END
Syntax
<Result> = <Archive>.IsMulti()
<Result>: Boolean
  • True if the archive is a multi-part archive,
  • False if the archive is a single-part archive.
<Archive>: zipArchive variable
Name of a variable of type zipArchive corresponding to the archive to use.
Remarks

Use conditions

  • The archive type can be found only if the archive exists (archives are created using <zipArchive variable>.Create).
  • This function is available for WDZ, ZIP and 7z archives.
Linux Reminder: Only ZIP, TAR and TGZ (TAR.GZ) archives are available.

Actions that can be performed on a multi-part archive

Some archiving functions can only be used on the single-part archives (add and delete files, create a self-extracting executable, etc.). To perform these operations, simply merge the sub-archives (<zipArchive variable>.Merge) to obtain a single-part archive.
From a multi-part archive, you can only:

Actions that can be performed on a single-part active

All archiving functions can be used on single-part archives, except <zipArchive variable>.Merge, which is used to merge the different parts of an archive.
Component: wd290zip.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 24
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