How to Work with Processes > Working with the Data File Processes Group > Working with Archive Content Info Process

Process Purpose

The "Archive Content Info" process is used to get info from an archive file (= compressed file).

Note that the archive files "*.zip" and "*.zipx" are valid and that multipart archive files are NOT supported.

When you add a process, you are required to define its settings. This occurs in the process's properties window which is displayed automatically after having added the "Archive Content Info" process.

If any subsequent edition is required, double-click the process to open its properties window and enter the necessary modifications.

Proceed as follows:

Archive
Path + File Name	Enter the file's name and path OR click and select a variable with that value.
Filter	Enter the filter to use in the content check OR click and select a variable with that value.
Store Results in Variable
Number of Files	Click to select the variable that will receive the number of files in the archive info. See To Select/Create a Variable.
Total Size	Click to select the variable that will receive the total size of the files in the archive info.
Save Results into File
File Name	Select the file to be used to store the archive content info from the drop-down. If required, click to edit the selected data file. See Editing a Data File.
Add CRC Info	Check this option to add the CRC of each archived file in the results file.
Sort on	Select the information to base the sorting on ("File Name"; "Extension"; "Date" or "Size") from the drop-down.
Ascending	If needed, check this option to define an ascending order for the sorting.
Descending	If needed, check this option to define a descending order for the sorting.
If Error
Go to	Select a target location from the drop-down or the list, if an error occurs in the execution of the "Archive Content Info" operation. See Detail of a window below. When defining a screen as a target destination (ex: via a “Go to” process), you CANNOT use variables to specify the name of that target screen. You must select the intended screen from the available drop-down/list.

Detail of window:

"S:Menu" is a screen included in the same program as the process.

"R:Routine_1" is a routine included in the same program as the process.

If required, use the icons on the upper right corner of the process properties window:

Click this icon to create a new data file. Go to Creating a Data File to see how to fill in the several options available.

Use the icon to attach any relevant notes to this process. Click it and enter your notes in the resulting text box. These notes will be displayed in the corresponding "Actions" tab or "Process" window (in the "Notes" field) and in the "Developer Report".

After filling in the required options, click to conclude or to abort the operation.

The added process is displayed in the corresponding "Actions" tab or "Process" window.

You can use relative paths to refer the file(s) you want to use in your project. See Working with Aliases.

If you want to use a label as a target destination, you can use the "Auto-Label" mechanism. This alternative to the "Set Label" process allows you to create a label in the properties window of a process - specifically, in the fields used to define target destinations (ex: the "If Error..." type fields). See To Automatically Create a Label.

Use the right-click in MCL-Designer's input boxes to access some related options as well as the general "Cut", "Copy"; "Paste"; "Search" actions (active/inactive according to the current context).

Ex: If you right-click the "Variable" input box (included in a "Conversion's" properties window), you are provided with general editing/search actions and other more specific options such as "Variable Select" (see "Variable Select"); "Variable Insert" (see "Variable Insert"); "Insert Special Character" (see To Insert Special Characters into a Control's Text Input Field) and "Localization Select" (see Localization List).

If you right-click another input box, it may provide other possibilities.