|
|
|
|
|
- Error codes
- Special case of the .GZ extension
<zipArchive variable>.Open (Function) In french: <Variable zipArchive>.Ouvre Opens an existing archive. For the archives in "CAB" or "RAR" format, the archive is created if it does not exist. The archive can be: - in WinZip or PKZip format (.ZIP extension).
- in WINDEV format (.WDZ extension).
- in Cabinet file format (.CAB extension).
- in RAR format (.RAR extension).
- in 7z format (.7z extension).
- in TAR format (.TAR extension).
- in TGZ format (.TGZ extension).
- in TAR.GZ format (.TAR.GZ extension).
New in version 2025in gzip format (extension ;gz). - an executable (.EXE) corresponding to a .WDZ file changed into a self-extracting archive.
New in version 2025Syntax
<Result> = <Archive>.Open(<Archive path> [, <Opening mode>])
<Result>: Integer - 0 if the archive was opened,
- An error code (value greater than 0) otherwise. For more details on these error codes, see the Remarks.
<Archive>: zipArchive variable Name of a variable of type zipArchive corresponding to the archive to use.The archive is created if it does not exist (except for the "CAB" or "RAR" formats). <Archive path>: Character string Path and name of archive (up to 260 characters). The archive extension can be specified. If the archive extension is not specified, the default extension is .WDZ.
<Opening mode>: Optional constant (or combination of constants) Mode for opening the archive: | | zipCreateIfNotFound | Creates the archive if it does not exist (not available for .CAB and .RAR files) | zipHeader64 | Allows you to create an archive larger than 4 GB on which <zipArchive variable>.ChangePath can be used. Archive in TAR or TGZ format (TAR.GZ): This constant is not available. | zipRead | Opening in read-only | zipWrite | Opening in read/write (not available for .CAB and .RAR files) |
The default opening mode is: zipCreationIfNonexistent + zipWrite. Remarks Error codes The following error codes are returned: - 1: Path passed as parameter does not exist.
- 2: Access denied: user does not have sufficient rights.
- 3: The archive is corrupt.
- 6: The files in the sub-archives are not in the right order (this is the case when opening a multi-part archive).
The message corresponding to the error code is returned by zipMsgError.
Reminder: Only archives in ZIP, gzip, TAR and TGZ (TAR.GZ) formats are available.
Special case of the .GZ extension '.tar.gz' files generated by GitHub should not be confused with compressed '.gz' files. Content compressed in gzip format can be decompressed with Uncompress.
This page is also available for…
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|