How to Work with Processes > Working with the Data File Processes Group > Working with Extract from Archive Process

Process Purpose

The "Extract form Archive" process is used to extract files 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 "Extract from Archive" 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 + Archive Name	Enter the name and path of the archive to use OR click and select a variable with the intended value. See To Select/Create a Variable.
Files to Extract
File Name (or Wildcard) column	Enter the name of the file(s) to extract OR click to select a variable with that value. (A wildcard could be *.png). Once extracted, the name of the defined files will be in lowercase.
Output Path column	Enter the path of the file(s) to extract OR click and select a variable with that value.
If Error Go to
Select a target location from the drop-down or the list, if an error occurs in the execution of the “Delete from Archive” 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.

Use the editing icons to the right of the table to move the rows up and down and to delete or add more rows.

Detail of a 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, click (on the upper right corner) and enter info about this process 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 click to abort the operation.

The extracted files will have their name in lowercase. Any reference to these files within the application MUST be in lowercase.

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.