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  • Use conditions
  • Using an archive encrypted with a password
  • Miscellaneous
  • Error codes
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Defines the password used to add files into the specified archive and to extract files from the specified archive (RAR, ZIP and WDZ format). The password is associated with each archive file.
Example
MyArchive is zipArchive
 
ArchivePath is string = CompleteDir(fCurrentDir()) + "Archive.ZIP"
IF fExtractPath(ArchivePath, fExtension) ~= ".zip" THEN
IF zipOpen(MyArchive, ArchivePath) = 0 THEN
 // Encrypt the archive
 zipPassword(MyArchive, "Password")
 zipAddFile(MyArchive, "C:\MyFile.txt")
 // Add the file. The file is encrypted by the password
END
END
Syntax
<Result> = zipPassword(<Archive> , <Password>)
<Result>: Integer
  • 0 if the password was defined properly,
  • An error code (value greater than 0) otherwise.
<Archive>: Character string or zipArchive variable
Name of the archive to be used.
This name can correspond to:
<Password>: Character string
Password used to encrypt the added files or to decrypt the extracted files. This password must use characters with an ASCII code between 1 and 127. This password cannot exceed 255 characters.
To avoid encrypting the added files or the extracted files, you have the ability to use an empty string ("").
Remarks

Use conditions

  • The RAR, ZIP and WDZ formats do not protect the archive when it is opened. The password is required for extracting the files from the archive and for adding the files into the archive.
  • Archives in 7z format: This function is not available.
  • Archives in TAR and TGZ (TAR.GZ) format: This function is not available.
LinuxUniversal Windows 10 AppiPhone/iPadIOS WidgetMac Catalyst Reminder: Only ZIP, TAR and TGZ (TAR.GZ) archives are available.

Using an archive encrypted with a password

The password is defined with zipPassword. Once the password is defined, it is used for all the following archiving operations:
  • File addition: the added files will be encrypted with this password
  • File extraction: the password will be used to decrypt all the extracted files.
The password is active for the archive on which it was defined. The password is lost when the archive is deleted (zipClose). It must be specified again after zipOpen or zipCreate.

Miscellaneous

  • A different password can be specified for each added or extracted file in the same archive. Each time a file is added or extracted, use zipPassword and specify the password expected by the file to be added or extracted.
  • Unable to directly modify the password of a file found in an archive. You must extract the file, delete it from the archive and re-add it to the archive with the new password.
  • zipInfoFile is used to find out whether a file in the archive is encrypted (+) or normal (N).

Error codes

The following error codes are returned:
  • 23: Feature not available for this archive format.
The message corresponding to the error code is returned by zipMsgError.
Business / UI classification: Business Logic
Component: wd290zip.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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Last update: 06/12/2023

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