Dumb Newb Question - File Attachments

[jimriley]

I thought this would be easy - but my brain has stuck

What is the best way to distribute a zip file as part of an AMS application? I'd like users to be able to click on an image object which prompts them to save a zip file (which is stored in the project folder) to a directory of their choice.

Thanks

Jim

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[longedge]

Jim,

Do you mean that you want to extract the contents of a zip file to the users HD or just save an existing zip file to the HD for them to open later on?

Either Zip.Extract or File.Copy.

You can get the location by using Dialogue.FolderBrowse and then build it into a variable to use in the Zip.Extract/File.Copy action.

[jimriley]

Not sure I'm doing this quite right:

My code is


destination = Dialog.FolderBrowse("Please select a folder where you would like to save your files:", "AutoPlay\\Docs");

Zip.Extract("AutoPlay\\Docs\\MyZip.zip", {"*.*"}, "destination", true, true, "", ZIP_OVERWRITE_NEVER, nil);

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong/missing?

Thanks

Jim

[longedge]

A quick guess without trying it Jim try -

Zip.Extract("AutoPlay\\Docs\\MyZip.zip", {"*.*"}, destination, true, true, "", ZIP_OVERWRITE_NEVER, nil);

destination is a variable and not a string.

[Corey]

Hi, this one's kind of cool because it only requires a single line of code. Here's a working example attached. Hope that helps.

[longedge]

Economy is good - and that's economic

(Should come with a health warning though - aaaahhhh I just fell off my chair with vertigo. )

[Corey]

Hee. Vertigo rules.

[jimriley]

Fantastic - many thanks everyone!

Jim