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September 13, 2012
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Exporting package and compressing it as a ZIP in ActionScript

  • September 13, 2012
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Hi everyone,

Our users need to be able to export InDesign packages to our remote web app directly from our InDesign extension. Compressing it to ZIP is probbaly the best option.

I saw that this question had already been asked and answered for JavaScript (http://forums.adobe.com/message/4243513#4243513). My question is, is there a good zip library for actionscript out there; the few I found haven't been maintained for years. Or is the best option to also use JsZip here? I wish I could use command line tools, but our users work on a large variety of OS and we can't guarantee that they will have the proper tools installed.

Thanks in advance for your help.

- Bastien

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Correct answer lomorgan

I can't officially endorse anything, but I've used fzip before (http://codeazur.com.br/lab/fzip/), which now seems to be part of as3commons: http://www.as3commons.org/as3-commons-zip/index.html. From what I remember it worked pretty well. There's some sample code here for archive creation: http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/fzip-alpha-release-create-and-modify-zip-archives/, though this was before it moved to as3commons, so I think the class names will have changed slightly.

Hope that helps,

Louis

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Adobe Employee
September 13, 2012

I can't officially endorse anything, but I've used fzip before (http://codeazur.com.br/lab/fzip/), which now seems to be part of as3commons: http://www.as3commons.org/as3-commons-zip/index.html. From what I remember it worked pretty well. There's some sample code here for archive creation: http://wahlers.com.br/claus/blog/fzip-alpha-release-create-and-modify-zip-archives/, though this was before it moved to as3commons, so I think the class names will have changed slightly.

Hope that helps,

Louis

Loic.Aigon
Loic.Aigon
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September 13, 2012

Hi,

I did zip files once in a applescript by using the shell zip command. I would give the NativeProcess a chance to use the system tool for zipping files. I guess there is a native command in Windows as well. I am soon doing this and this is the lead I will investigate first.

Best,

Loic

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