Zip from LotusScript in Notes/Domino 6

LotusScript does not have a native class for compressing files to .zip format. In this tip, I'll show you how change that, if you are running Notes or Domino R6 (or newer), by using the ability of LotusScript to make calls to functionality that is available in the Java language. This is done using LS2J -- which is documented in Designer Help.

I have an agent that holds the following code in Initialize:

Sub Initialize
 Dim js As JAVASESSION
 Dim zipClass As JAVACLASS
 Dim zipFileObject As JavaObject
 Dim varFileToZip As String, varOutFilePath 
As String, returnCode As String
 
 Set js = New JAVASESSION
 Set zipClass = js.GetClass("ZipFile")
 Set zipFileObject = zipClass.CreateObject
 varFileToZip = "c:tempdocument.doc"
 varOutFilePath = "c:tempthezipfile.zip"
 
 returnCode = zipFileObject.zipMyFile
(varFileToZip, varOutFilePath) 
'Calling the zip function
 
 If Not returnCode = "OK" Then
  Print "An Error occurred"
 Else
  Print "Zip went OK"
 End If
End Sub

Uselsx "*javacon" 'Which lets you use
 Java from LotusScript
Use "ZipFile" 'A Java library that holds 
a function to do zipping

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.zip.Deflater;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;

public class ZipFile {
 public String zipMyFile(String fileToZip, 
String zipFilePath) {
  String result = ""; 

      byte[] buffer = new byte[18024];
 
      // Specify zip file name
      String zipFileName = zipFilePath;
 
      try {
 
        ZipOutputStream out =
          new ZipOutputStream
(new FileOutputStream(zipFileName));
 
        // Set the compression ratio
        out.setLevel
(Deflater.BEST_COMPRESSION);
 
          System.out.println(fileToZip);
          // Associate a file input stream 
for the current file
          FileInputStream in = 
new FileInputStream(fileToZip);
 
          // Add ZIP entry to output stream.
          out.putNextEntry
(new ZipEntry(fileToZip));
 
          // Transfer bytes from 
the current file to the ZIP file
          //out.write(buffer, 0, in.read(buffer));
 
          int len;
         while ((len = in.read(buffer)) > 0) 
         {
         out.write(buffer, 0, len);
        }
 
          // Close the current entry
          out.closeEntry();
 
          // Close the current file input stream
          in.close();
 
        // Close the ZipOutPutStream
        out.close();
      } 
      catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
        iae.printStackTrace();
   return "ERROR_
ILLEGALARGUMENTSEXCEPTION";
      }
      catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
        fnfe.printStackTrace();
    return "ERROR_FILENOTFOUND";
      }
      catch (IOException ioe)
      {
      ioe.printStackTrace();
      return "ERROR_IOEXCEPTION";
      }


  return "OK";
  
  }
}

About the author: Jens Bruntt has been a developer and infrastructure advisor for Notes and Domino projects since 1994 and is an R6 Principal Developer working as project manager or consultant depending on the project's size and requirements. He has a Masters degree in Library- and Information Science. Jens works at Convergens.dk as a senior consultant, primarily architecting Domino browser-based Internet, intranet and extranet sites. He is also a SearchDomino.com site expert.

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