GZip Example Code

Example Code

GZip Function Reference

The following examples show how to compress and decompress .gz and .zip files.

.gz file compression

sGZip "\My Documents\file.txt", "\My Documents\compressed.txt", 1, 1234567890

.gz file decompression

sGUnzip "\My Documents\compressed.txt.gz", "\My Documents\file.txt", 1, 1234567890

.zip file compression

Dim lResult As Long

lResult = sZip("\My Documents\*.txt", "\My Documents\text.zip", 0, 1234567890)
If lResult <> 0 Then
    MsgBox "Unable to compress files"
Else
    MsgBox "Files have been compressed"
End If

.zip file decompression

Dim lResult As Long

lResult = sUnzip("\My Documents\text.zip", "", 0, 1234567890)
If lResult <> 0 Then
    Msgbox "Unable to decompress zip file"
Else
    MsgBox "Files have been decompressed"
End If