is there a simple way to zip a file

[Jcreator]

I know there most be a way to zip a file using autoit and i looked every where but cant find a script to simply zip a file . i hope someone can tell me how to do it . and thanks for your help ^^

[mLipok]

Look here:

https://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/User_Defined_Functions#Data_compression

 

[JLogan3o13]

@Jcreator are you looking to do it natively with AutoIt only?

Otherwise there are a number of posts using 7-Zip or other utilities.

[Jcreator]

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  On 6/22/2016 at 5:21 PM, JLogan3o13 said:

@Jcreator are you looking to do it natively with AutoIt only?

Otherwise there are a number of posts using 7-Zip or other utilities.

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No I don't mind using 7-zip to do it . but i just don't know how am still new to this

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[JLogan3o13]

mLipok pointed you to the wiki, which has examples on using 7-Zip. Should be all you need, but if you try something and get stuck, feel free to post here and we will do what we can to assist.

[Jcreator]

I have tried o use this script

#include <7Zip.au3>

$ArcFile = @ScriptDir & "\myArchive.zip"

$FileName = "c:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Examples"
If Not FileExists($FileName) Then Exit MsgBox(16, "Error", "File not exists")

$retResult = _7ZipAdd(0, $ArcFile, $FileName, 1)
If $retResult = 0 Then
    MsgBox(64, "_7ZipAdd", "Archive created successfully")
Else
    MsgBox(64, "_7ZipAdd", "Error occurred")
EndIf

but it look like the 7zip.au3 is not working

[Jcreator]

  On 6/22/2016 at 5:31 PM, Jcreator said:

I have tried o use this script

#include <7Zip.au3>

$ArcFile = @ScriptDir & "\myArchive.zip"

$FileName = "c:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Examples"
If Not FileExists($FileName) Then Exit MsgBox(16, "Error", "File not exists")

$retResult = _7ZipAdd(0, $ArcFile, $FileName, 1)
If $retResult = 0 Then
    MsgBox(64, "_7ZipAdd", "Archive created successfully")
Else
    MsgBox(64, "_7ZipAdd", "Error occurred")
EndIf

but it look like the 7zip.au3 is not working

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this code is not mine by the way i found it in the forum while searching

[mLipok]

$FileName = "c:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Examples"

This is dir name not filename

 

[Jcreator]

#include <7Zip.au3>

$ArcFile = @ScriptDir & "\myArchive.zip"

$FileName = "c:\Program Files\AutoIt3\Examples"
If Not FileExists($FileName) Then Exit MsgBox(16, "Error", "File not exists")

$retResult = _7ZipAdd(0, $ArcFile, $FileName, 1)
If $retResult = 0 Then
    MsgBox(64, "_7ZipAdd", "Archive created successfully")
Else
    MsgBox(64, "_7ZipAdd", "Error occurred")
EndIf

i know but the problem is not with the dir it the

#include <7Zip.au3>

  that gives the error

 

[Jcreator]

how about now

#include <_Zip.au3>

$ArcFile = @ScriptDir & "\myArchive.zip"

$FileName = "C:\T-in\Server\data\users\timy\config.ini"
If Not FileExists($FileName) Then Exit MsgBox(16, "Error", "File not exists")

$retResult = _7ZipAdd(0, $ArcFile, $FileName, 1)
If $retResult = 0 Then
    MsgBox(64, "_7ZipAdd", "Archive created successfully")
Else
    MsgBox(64, "_7ZipAdd", "Error occurred")
EndIf

 

[mLipok]

From where you have this UDF ? Post link to this UDF.
You should use this like this:

#include "7Zip.au3"

And put 7Zip.au3 file in the same directory where is your scirpt.

[Jcreator]

https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/85094-7zip/ this is the link of the post

and you were right i did put 7zip.au3 in the same dir  where is my script and it stopped giving errors but still not working

 

[JLogan3o13]

@Jcreator "it's not working" should be stricken from the English language... What isn't working? Is it simply not creating the ZIp file, is it throwing an error, is it creating the zip but not adding the files you want...? Help us help you with a more detailed description please

[Jcreator]

  On 6/22/2016 at 5:53 PM, JLogan3o13 said:

@Jcreator "it's not working" should be stricken from the English language... What isn't working? Is it simply not creating the ZIp file, is it throwing an error, is it creating the zip but not adding the files you want...? Help us help you with a more detailed description please

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am sorry . what i did mean is it shows no error messages and it does not  creating the ZIp file

[Jcreator]

may be the problem is with the 7Zip.au3 because i just downloaded one i found in the internet without out confirming it source so. if anyone could give me a working 7Zip.au3  that would be great ^^

[Jcreator]

-.- i tried again using rasim 7zip udf but again it didn't work please can  anyone help me

 

[JLogan3o13]

@Jcreator please wait 24 hours before bumping your thread. We have volunteers from all over the world; the person best suited to help you may not be online right this moment. We get that this seems like the most important thing in the world to you, but please show a little patience.

[Jcreator]

am really sorry. i will be more patient 

[ViciousXUSMC]

.Net 4.5 or higher has native ZIP stuff.

So Windows 8 or 10 has it and Windows 7 would update to it.

I push a script to like 100 computers that unzips map updates, and they do not have 3rd party stuff installed so needed to use the native methods.  I am sure somebody a bit better with this stuff could come up with some good native code to zip up files.

$objShell5 = ObjCreate("Shell.Application")
$FilesInZip5 = $objShell5.NameSpace($sZip).items
$objShell5.NameSpace($sMaps).CopyHere($FilesInZip5,0x4)

Some hints on zip/unzip w/ .Net

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1153126/how-to-create-a-zip-archive-with-powershell

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.compression.zipfile(v=vs.110).aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb787866(v=vs.85).aspx

I was using the zip.au3 first but it always had a pop up during the unzip process and I wanted it invisible, so thats how I came across these native methods where I was able to have the 0x4 parameter make it fully silent. 

[hajo4]

  On 6/22/2016 at 8:36 PM, ViciousXUSMC said:

ZIP stuff...I push a script to like 100 computers that unzips map updates,

and they do not have 3rd party stuff installed so needed to use the native methods.  

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How about packing the stuff you want to distribute into sfx-files,

as in 'self-extracting-archives' ?

Those are exe-files that consist of the  zip-part with the data,

combined with an exe-part that does the extracting.

So, just transfer and run.