UnZipFiles

Syntax

UnZipFiles(ZipFile, ExtractDir[, InclMask][, ExclMask][, OverwriteFiles])

Description

Extracts compressed files and from a .zip archive file into extractdir.

The function returns True if the compression completed successfully. If an error occured, the function returns False.

Especially when extracting large (quantity of) files, the progress of the extracting operation can be monitored by watching the status bar of the TRADIUM main programme.

Parameter	Description
Zipfile	The path and file name of the existing .zip archive.
ExtractDir	This string value is the path and name of the target directory. A path relative to the current directory can be used. The path must be valid and existing.
InclMask	This string value is the name of the file search pattern. To select all files from the zipfile use ".", or omit this parameter.
ExclMask	This mask is to make exceptions to the include mask. For example: "*.sys" to prevent system files to be extracted.
OverwriteFiles	Boolean. When True, existing files in extractdir will be overwritten.

See Also

ZipFiles, UnTarFiles.

Example

Sub Main

Debug.Print UnZipFiles("C:\test.zip","c:\temp\", OverwriteFiles:=True) 'True

End Sub