Util.CompressFile() Method

Compress a file using the zip-deflate (RFC1981) algorithm

Syntax

Util.CompressFile(Source, Destination)

The method syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
Source (String)	The full pathname of the source (uncompressed) file
Destination (String)	The full pathname of the compressed (destination) file. This should end in .zip
Return (Nothing)	Does not return a value.

Remarks

This method compresses a file using the common ZIP algorithm (see RFC1981). The resulting file can be decompressed by any tool that supports zip compression. The compression is done using the 7-Zip tool, which is run as a separate executable. This tool is included with ACP.