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poffin
Occasional Contributor
8 years ago
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Unzipping .zip files

I need to be able to either inspect the contents of a zip file or unzip the file & then read contents for testing a desktop application. I'm using javascript in my project. Can anyone point me in the...
  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
    8 years ago

    If you have any more specific details on what you are trying to do and what you have already tried, then perhaps there will be more specific suggestions to offer!

  • HKosova's avatar
    HKosova
    8 years ago
    poffin wrote:

     

    I get an error: "ReferenceError ActiveXObject is not defined".

    If you use JavaScript (not JScript), replace

    var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
...
var objShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");

    with

    var fso = Sys.OleObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
...
var objShell = Sys.OleObject("Shell.Application");
  • poffin's avatar
    poffin
    Occasional Contributor
    8 years ago

    Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately it's not very helpful! The information is convoluted, and somewhat inaccurate. Most examples are using 3rd party software (7zip) or in VBScript. There is one example from those links that I've already tried:

     

     //Specifies the location of the zip file.
  var ZipFile = "D:\\Test\\Test.zip";


  //Specifies the folder the contents should be extracted to. 
  var ExtractTo = "D:\\Test";


  // If the extraction location does not exist, create it. 
  var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); 

  if ( !fso.FolderExists(ExtractTo) ){    
    fso.CreateFolder(ExtractTo);

  }

  //Extract the contents of the zip file.
  var objShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application"); 

  var FilesInZip =  objShell.NameSpace(ZipFile).Items(); 

  objShell.NameSpace(ExtractTo).CopyHere(FilesInZip);

  fso = null;
  objShell = null;

    However it appears as though this was incorrect, because I get an error: "ReferenceError ActiveXObject is not defined". If you have any more specific advice, I would be grateful.

    • HKosova's avatar
      HKosova
      SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
      8 years ago
      poffin wrote:

       

      I get an error: "ReferenceError ActiveXObject is not defined".

      If you use JavaScript (not JScript), replace

      var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
...
var objShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");

      with

      var fso = Sys.OleObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
...
var objShell = Sys.OleObject("Shell.Application");
    • Marsha_R's avatar
      Marsha_R
      Champion Level 3
      8 years ago

      If you have any more specific details on what you are trying to do and what you have already tried, then perhaps there will be more specific suggestions to offer!