Procedure
- Drop the tFileArchive component from the Palette onto the workspace.
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Double-click it to display its Component
view.
- In the Directory field, click the [...] button, browse your directory and select the directory or the file you want to compress.
- Select the Subdirectories check box if you want to include the subfolders and their files in the archive.
- Then, set the Archive file field, by filling the destination path and the name of your archive file.
- Select the Create directory if not exists check box if you do not have a destination directory yet and you want to create it.
- In the Compress level list, select the compression level you want to apply to your archive. In this example, we use the normal level.
- Clear the All Files check box if you only want to zip specific files.
- Add a row in the table by clicking the [+] button and click the name which appears. Between two star symbols (ie. *RG*), type part of the name of the file that you want to compress.
- Press F6 to execute your Job.
Results
The tFileArchive has compressed the selected file(s) and created the folder in the selected directory.