Can Windows' built-in ZIP compression be scripted? - windows

Is the ZIP compression that is built into Windows XP/Vista/2003/2008 able to be scripted at all? What executable would I have to call from a BAT/CMD file? or is it possible to do it with VBScript?
I realize that this is possible using WinZip, 7-Zip and other external applications, but I'm looking for something that requires no external applications to be installed.

There are VBA methods to zip and unzip using the windows built in compression as well, which should give some insight as to how the system operates. You may be able to build these methods into a scripting language of your choice.
The basic principle is that within windows you can treat a zip file as a directory, and copy into and out of it. So to create a new zip file, you simply make a file with the extension .zip that has the right header for an empty zip file. Then you close it, and tell windows you want to copy files into it as though it were another directory.
Unzipping is easier - just treat it as a directory.
In case the web pages are lost again, here are a few of the relevant code snippets:
ZIP
Sub NewZip(sPath)
'Create empty Zip File
'Changed by keepITcool Dec-12-2005
If Len(Dir(sPath)) > 0 Then Kill sPath
Open sPath For Output As #1
Print #1, Chr$(80) & Chr$(75) & Chr$(5) & Chr$(6) & String(18, 0)
Close #1
End Sub
Function bIsBookOpen(ByRef szBookName As String) As Boolean
' Rob Bovey
On Error Resume Next
bIsBookOpen = Not (Application.Workbooks(szBookName) Is Nothing)
End Function
Function Split97(sStr As Variant, sdelim As String) As Variant
'Tom Ogilvy
Split97 = Evaluate("{""" & _
Application.Substitute(sStr, sdelim, """,""") & """}")
End Function
Sub Zip_File_Or_Files()
Dim strDate As String, DefPath As String, sFName As String
Dim oApp As Object, iCtr As Long, I As Integer
Dim FName, vArr, FileNameZip
DefPath = Application.DefaultFilePath
If Right(DefPath, 1) <> "\" Then
DefPath = DefPath & "\"
End If
strDate = Format(Now, " dd-mmm-yy h-mm-ss")
FileNameZip = DefPath & "MyFilesZip " & strDate & ".zip"
'Browse to the file(s), use the Ctrl key to select more files
FName = Application.GetOpenFilename(filefilter:="Excel Files (*.xl*), *.xl*", _
MultiSelect:=True, Title:="Select the files you want to zip")
If IsArray(FName) = False Then
'do nothing
Else
'Create empty Zip File
NewZip (FileNameZip)
Set oApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
I = 0
For iCtr = LBound(FName) To UBound(FName)
vArr = Split97(FName(iCtr), "\")
sFName = vArr(UBound(vArr))
If bIsBookOpen(sFName) Then
MsgBox "You can't zip a file that is open!" & vbLf & _
"Please close it and try again: " & FName(iCtr)
Else
'Copy the file to the compressed folder
I = I + 1
oApp.Namespace(FileNameZip).CopyHere FName(iCtr)
'Keep script waiting until Compressing is done
On Error Resume Next
Do Until oApp.Namespace(FileNameZip).items.Count = I
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:01"))
Loop
On Error GoTo 0
End If
Next iCtr
MsgBox "You find the zipfile here: " & FileNameZip
End If
End Sub
UNZIP
Sub Unzip1()
Dim FSO As Object
Dim oApp As Object
Dim Fname As Variant
Dim FileNameFolder As Variant
Dim DefPath As String
Dim strDate As String
Fname = Application.GetOpenFilename(filefilter:="Zip Files (*.zip), *.zip", _
MultiSelect:=False)
If Fname = False Then
'Do nothing
Else
'Root folder for the new folder.
'You can also use DefPath = "C:\Users\Ron\test\"
DefPath = Application.DefaultFilePath
If Right(DefPath, 1) <> "\" Then
DefPath = DefPath & "\"
End If
'Create the folder name
strDate = Format(Now, " dd-mm-yy h-mm-ss")
FileNameFolder = DefPath & "MyUnzipFolder " & strDate & "\"
'Make the normal folder in DefPath
MkDir FileNameFolder
'Extract the files into the newly created folder
Set oApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
oApp.Namespace(FileNameFolder).CopyHere oApp.Namespace(Fname).items
'If you want to extract only one file you can use this:
'oApp.Namespace(FileNameFolder).CopyHere _
'oApp.Namespace(Fname).items.Item("test.txt")
MsgBox "You find the files here: " & FileNameFolder
On Error Resume Next
Set FSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
FSO.deletefolder Environ("Temp") & "\Temporary Directory*", True
End If
End Sub

Yes, this can be scripted with VBScript. For example the following code can create a zip from a directory:
Dim fso, winShell, MyTarget, MySource, file
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set winShell = createObject("shell.application")
MyTarget = Wscript.Arguments.Item(0)
MySource = Wscript.Arguments.Item(1)
Wscript.Echo "Adding " & MySource & " to " & MyTarget
'create a new clean zip archive
Set file = fso.CreateTextFile(MyTarget, True)
file.write("PK" & chr(5) & chr(6) & string(18,chr(0)))
file.close
winShell.NameSpace(MyTarget).CopyHere winShell.NameSpace(MySource).Items
do until winShell.namespace(MyTarget).items.count = winShell.namespace(MySource).items.count
wscript.sleep 1000
loop
Set winShell = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing
You may also find http://www.naterice.com/blog/template_permalink.asp?id=64 helpful as it includes a full Unzip/Zip implementation in VBScript.
If you do a size check every 500 ms rather than a item count it works better for large files. Win 7 writes the file instantly although it's not finished compressing:
set fso=createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")
Set h=fso.getFile(DestZip)
do
wscript.sleep 500
max = h.size
loop while h.size > max
Works great for huge amounts of log files.

Just for clarity: GZip is not an MS-only algorithm as suggested by Guy Starbuck in his comment from August.
The GZipStream in System.IO.Compression uses the Deflate algorithm, just the same as the zlib library, and many other zip tools. That class is fully interoperable with unix utilities like gzip.
The GZipStream class is not scriptable from the commandline or VBScript, to produce ZIP files, so it alone would not be an answer the original poster's request.
The free DotNetZip library does read and produce zip files, and can be scripted from VBScript or Powershell. It also includes command-line tools to produce and read/extract zip files.
Here's some code for VBScript:
dim filename
filename = "C:\temp\ZipFile-created-from-VBScript.zip"
WScript.echo("Instantiating a ZipFile object...")
dim zip
set zip = CreateObject("Ionic.Zip.ZipFile")
WScript.echo("using AES256 encryption...")
zip.Encryption = 3
WScript.echo("setting the password...")
zip.Password = "Very.Secret.Password!"
WScript.echo("adding a selection of files...")
zip.AddSelectedFiles("*.js")
zip.AddSelectedFiles("*.vbs")
WScript.echo("setting the save name...")
zip.Name = filename
WScript.echo("Saving...")
zip.Save()
WScript.echo("Disposing...")
zip.Dispose()
WScript.echo("Done.")
Here's some code for Powershell:
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("c:\\dinoch\\bin\\Ionic.Zip.dll");
$directoryToZip = "c:\\temp";
$zipfile = new-object Ionic.Zip.ZipFile;
$e= $zipfile.AddEntry("Readme.txt", "This is a zipfile created from within powershell.")
$e= $zipfile.AddDirectory($directoryToZip, "home")
$zipfile.Save("ZipFiles.ps1.out.zip");
In a .bat or .cmd file, you can use the zipit.exe or unzip.exe tools. Eg:
zipit NewZip.zip -s "This is string content for an entry" Readme.txt src

There are both zip and unzip executables (as well as a boat load of other useful applications) in the UnxUtils package available on SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/unxutils). Copy them to a location in your PATH, such as 'c:\windows', and you will be able to include them in your scripts.
This is not the perfect solution (or the one you asked for) but a decent work-a-round.

to create a compressed archive you can use the utility MAKECAB.EXE

Here'a my attempt to summarize built-in capabilities windows for compression and uncompression - How can I compress (/ zip ) and uncompress (/ unzip ) files and folders with batch file without using any external tools?
with a few given solutions that should work on almost every windows machine.
As regards to the shell.application and WSH I preferred the jscript
as it allows a hybrid batch/jscript file (with .bat extension) that not require temp files.I've put unzip and zip capabilities in one file plus a few more features.

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Is it possible to rename the downloaded attachment from alm? [duplicate]

I am trying to rename a file and was using the below code but it does not seem to work. Can someone please tell me why? What is the correct way to rename a file from VBScript?
FSO.GetFile("MyFile.txt).Name = "Hello.txt"
I am using this thread for reference: Rename files without copying in same folder
You can rename the file using FSO by moving it: MoveFile Method.
Dim Fso
Set Fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Fso.MoveFile "A.txt", "B.txt"
I see only one reason your code to not work, missed quote after file name string:
VBScript:
FSO.GetFile("MyFile.txt[missed_quote_here]).Name = "Hello.txt"
Yes you can do that.
Here I am renaming a .exe file to .txt file
rename a file
Dim objFso
Set objFso= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objFso.MoveFile "D:\testvbs\autorun.exe", "D:\testvbs\autorun.txt"
Rename filename by searching the last character of name. For example,
Original Filename: TestFile.txt_001
Begin Character need to be removed: _
Result: TestFile.txt
Option Explicit
Dim oWSH
Dim vbsInterpreter
Dim arg1 'As String
Dim arg2 'As String
Dim newFilename 'As string
Set oWSH = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
vbsInterpreter = "cscript.exe"
ForceConsole()
arg1 = WScript.Arguments(0)
arg2 = WScript.Arguments(1)
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "This is a test script."
Dim result
result = InstrRev(arg1, arg2, -1)
If result > 0 then
newFilename = Mid(arg1, 1, result - 1)
Dim Fso
Set Fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Fso.MoveFile arg1, newFilename
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine newFilename
End If
Function ForceConsole()
If InStr(LCase(WScript.FullName), vbsInterpreter) = 0 Then
oWSH.Run vbsInterpreter & " //NoLogo " & Chr(34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34)
WScript.Quit
End If
End Function
From what I understand, your context is to download from ALM.
In this case, ALM saves the files under:
C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/TD_80/ALM_VERSION/random_string/Attach/artefact_type/ID
where :
ALM_VERSION is the version of your alm installation, e.g 12.53.2.0_952
artefact_type is the type of the artefact, e.g : REQ
ID is the ID of the artefact
Herebelow a code sample which connects to an instance of ALM, domain 'DEFAUT', project 'MY_PROJECT', gets all the attachments from a REQ with id 6 and saves them in c:/tmp. It's ruby code, but it's easy to transcribe to VBSctript
require 'win32ole'
require 'fileutils'
# login to ALM and domain/project
alm_server = ENV['CURRRENT_ALM_SERVER']
tdc = WIN32OLE.new('TDApiOle80.TDConnection')
tdc.InitConnectionEx(alm_server)
username, password = ENV['ALM_CREDENTIALS'].split(':')
tdc.Login(username, password)
tdc.Connect('DEFAULT', 'MY_PROJECT')
# get a handle for the Requirements
reqFact = tdc.ReqFactory
# get Requirement with ID=6
req = reqFact.item(6)
# get a handle for the attachment of REQ
att = req.Attachments
# get a handle for the list of attachements
attList = att.NewList("")
thePath= 'c:/tmp'
# for each attachment:
attList.each do |el|
clientPath = nil
# download the attachment to its default location
el.Load true, clientPath
baseName = File.basename(el.FileName)
dirName = File.dirname(el.FileName)
puts "file downloaded as : #{baseName}\n in Folder #{dirName}"
FileUtils.mkdir_p thePath
puts "now moving #{baseName} to #{thePath}"
FileUtils.mv el.FileName, thePath
end
The output:
=> file downloaded as : REQ_6_20191112_143346.png
=> in Folder C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\TD_80\12.53.2.0_952\e68ab622\Attach\REQ\6
=> now moving REQ_6_20191112_143346.png to c:/tmp
Below code absolutely worked for me to update File extension.
Ex: abc.pdf to abc.txt
Filepath = "Pls mention your Filepath"
Set objFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'' Below line of code is to get the object for Folder where list of files are located
Set objFolder = objFso.GetFolder(Filepath)
'' Below line of code used to get the collection object to hold list of files located in the Filepath.
Set FileCollection = objFolder.Files
For Each file In FileCollection
WScript.Echo "File name ->" + file.Name
''Instr used to Return the position of the first occurrence of "." within the File name
s = InStr(1, file.Name, ".",1)
WScript.Echo s
WScript.Echo "Extn --> " + Mid(file.Name, s, Len(file.Name))
'Left(file.Name,s-1) = Used to fetch the file name without extension
' Move method is used to move the file in the Desitnation folder you mentioned
file.Move(Filepath & Left(file.Name,s-1)&".txt")
Next
Rename File using VB SCript.
Create Folder Source and Archive in D : Drive. [You can choose other drive but make change in code from D:\Source to C:\Source in case you create folder in C: Drive]
Save files in Source folder to be renamed.
Save below code and save it as .vbs e.g ChangeFileName.vbs
Run file and the file will be renamed with existing file name and current date
Option Explicit
Dim fso,sfolder,fs,f1,CFileName,strRename,NewFilename,GFileName,CFolderName,CFolderName1,Dfolder,afolder
Dim myDate
myDate =Date
Function pd(n, totalDigits)
if totalDigits > len(n) then
pd = String(totalDigits-len(n),"0") & n
else
pd = n
end if
End Function
myDate=
Pd(DAY(date()),2) & _
Pd(Month(date()),2) & _
YEAR(Date())
'MsgBox ("Create Folders 'Source' 'Destination ' and 'Archive' in D drive. Save PDF files into Source Folder ")
sfolder="D:\Source\"
'Dfolder="D:\Destination\"
afolder="D:\archive\"
Set fso= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fs= fso.GetFolder(sfolder)
For each f1 in fs.files
CFileName=sfolder & f1.name
CFolderName1=f1.name
CFolderName=Replace(CFolderName1,"." & fso.GetExtensionName(f1.Path),"")
'Msgbox CFileName
'MsgBox CFolderName
'MsgBox myDate
GFileName=fso.GetFileName(sfolder)
'strRename="DA009B_"& CFolderName &"_20032019"
strRename= "DA009B_"& CFolderName &"_"& myDate &""
NewFilename=replace(CFileName,CFolderName,strRename)
'fso.CopyFile CFolderName1 , afolder
fso.MoveFile CFileName , NewFilename
'fso.CopyFile CFolderName, Dfolder
Next
MsgBox "File Renamed Successfully !!! "
Set fso= Nothing
Set fs=Nothing

Zip all files in folder except the zip archive itself

I am using this code to zip all files in a folder into a newly created .zip file:
Dim FileNameZip, FolderName
Dim filename As String, DefPath As String
Dim oApp As Object
(defining all paths needed)
'Create empty Zip File
NewZip (FileNameZip)
Set oApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
'Copy the files to the compressed folder
oApp.Namespace(FileNameZip).CopyHere oApp.Namespace(FolderName).items
'Keep script waiting until Compressing is done
On Error Resume Next
Do Until oApp.Namespace(FileNameZip).items.Count = oApp.Namespace(FolderName).items.Count
Application.Wait (Now + TimeValue("0:00:01"))
Loop
This works without problems as long as my target folder is different from the folder where my files are.
But I have a problem when I try to take all files from a folder, put them into .zip and have the archive generated in the same folder - it creates the archive and then tries to put it into itself, which of course fails.
I am looking for a way to zip all files from a folder except this one newly created.
I looked here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff869597.aspx but this looks very Outlook-specific and I have no idea how to apply this to a Windows folder.
Rather than add all files at once, which will include the zip file you create, loop through the files with the FileSystemObject and compare their names against the zip file name before adding to the zip:
Sub AddFilesToZip()
Dim fso As Object, zipFile As Object, objShell As Object
Dim fsoFolder As Object, fsoFile As Object
Dim timerStart As Single
Dim folderPath As String, zipName As String
folderPath = "C:\Users\darre\Desktop\New folder\" ' folder to zip
zipName = "myzipfile.zip" ' name of the zip file
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") ' create an fso to loop through the files
Set zipFile = fso.CreateTextFile(folderPath & zipName) ' create the zip file
zipFile.WriteLine Chr(80) & Chr(75) & Chr(5) & Chr(6) & String(18, 0)
zipFile.Close
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set fsoFolder = fso.GetFolder(folderPath)
For Each fsoFile In fsoFolder.Files ' loop through the files...
Debug.Print fsoFile.name
If fsoFile.name <> zipName Then ' and check it's not the zip file before adding them
objShell.Namespace("" & folderPath & zipName).CopyHere fsoFile.Path
timerStart = Timer
Do While Timer < timerStart + 2
Application.StatusBar = "Zipping, please wait..."
DoEvents
Loop
End If
Next
' clean up
Application.StatusBar = ""
Set fsoFile = Nothing
Set fsoFolder = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
Set zipFile = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing
MsgBox "Zipped", vbInformation
End Sub
I would create the zip file in the temporary folder and finally move it to the destination folder. Two notes worth mentioning:
1- The approach of looping until the Item counts are the same in the folder and the zip file is risky, because if the zipping fails for an individual item, it results in an infinite loop. For this reason it's preferable to loop as long as the zip file is locked by the shell.
2- I will use early binding with the Shell because late-binding the Shell32.Application seems to have issues on some installations. Add a reference to Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation
Sub compressFolder(folderToCompress As String, targetZip As String)
If Len(Dir(targetZip)) > 0 Then Kill targetZip
' Create a temporary zip file in the temp folder
Dim tempZip As String: tempZip = Environ$("temp") & "\" & "tempzip1234.zip"
CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").CreateTextFile(tempZip, True).Write _
Chr$(80) & Chr$(75) & Chr$(5) & Chr$(6) & String(18, 0)
' compress the folder into the temporary zip file
With New Shell ' For late binding: With CreateObject("Shell32.Application")
.Namespace(tempZip).CopyHere .Namespace(folderToCompress).Items
End With
' Move the temp zip to target. Loop until the move succeeds. It won't
' succeed until the zip completes because zip file is locked by the shell
On Error Resume Next
Do Until Len(Dir(targetZip)) > 0
Application.Wait Now + TimeSerial(0, 0, 1)
Name tempZip As targetZip
Loop
End Sub
Sub someTest()
compressFolder "C:\SO\SOZip", "C:\SO\SOZip\Test.zip"
End Sub
I found zipping via VBA to be hard to control without third party tools, the below may not be a direct answer but may aid as a solution. The below is an excerpt of the code I used to generate epubs which are not much more than zip files with a different extension. This zipping section never failed in hundreds of runs.
Public Function Zip_Create(ByVal StrFilePath As String) As Boolean
Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject
Dim LngCounter As Long
If Not FSO.FileExists(StrFilePath) Then
'This makes the zip file, note the FilePath also caused issues
'it should be a local file, suggest root of a drive and then use FSO
'to open it
LngCounter = FreeFile
Open StrFilePath For Output As #LngCounter
Print #LngCounter, "PK" & Chr(5) & Chr(6) & String(18, vbNullChar)
Close #LngCounter
End If
Zip_Create = True
End Function
Public Function Zip_Insert(ByVal StrZipFilePath As String, ByVal StrObject As String) As Boolean
Dim BlnYesNo As Boolean
Dim LngCounter As Long
Dim LngCounter2 As Long
Dim ObjApp As Object
Dim ObjFldrItm As Object
Dim ObjFldrItms As Object
Dim StrContainer As String
Dim StrContainer2 As String
If Procs.Global_IsAPC Then
'Create the zip if needed
If Not FSA.File_Exists(StrZipFilePath) Then
If Not Zip_Create(StrZipFilePath) Then
Exit Function
End If
End If
'Connect to the OS Shell
Set ObjApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
'Pause, if it has just been created the next piece of
'code may not see it yet
LngCounter2 = Round(Timer) + 1
Do Until CLng(Timer) > LngCounter2
DoEvents
Loop
'Divide the path and file
StrContainer = Right(StrObject, Len(StrObject) - InStrRev(StrObject, "\"))
StrObject = Left(StrObject, Len(StrObject) - Len(StrContainer))
'Connect to the file (via the path)
Set ObjFldrItm = ObjApp.NameSpace(CVar(StrObject)).Items.Item(CVar(StrContainer))
'Pauses needed to avoid all crashes
LngCounter2 = CLng(Timer) + 1
Do Until CLng(Timer) > LngCounter2
DoEvents
Loop
'If it is a folder then check there are items to copy (so as to not cause and error message
BlnYesNo = True
If ObjFldrItm.IsFolder Then
If ObjFldrItm.GetFolder.Items.Count = 0 Then BlnYesNo = False
End If
If BlnYesNo Then
'Take note of how many items are in the Zip file
'Place item into the Zip file
ObjApp.NameSpace(CVar(StrZipFilePath)).CopyHere ObjFldrItm
'Pause to stop crashes
LngCounter2 = CLng(Timer) + 1
Do Until CLng(Timer) > LngCounter2
DoEvents
Loop
'Be Happy
Zip_Insert = True
End If
Set ObjFldrItm = Nothing
Set ObjApp = Nothing
End If
End Function

How do I rename a file using VBScript?

I am trying to rename a file and was using the below code but it does not seem to work. Can someone please tell me why? What is the correct way to rename a file from VBScript?
FSO.GetFile("MyFile.txt).Name = "Hello.txt"
I am using this thread for reference: Rename files without copying in same folder
You can rename the file using FSO by moving it: MoveFile Method.
Dim Fso
Set Fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Fso.MoveFile "A.txt", "B.txt"
I see only one reason your code to not work, missed quote after file name string:
VBScript:
FSO.GetFile("MyFile.txt[missed_quote_here]).Name = "Hello.txt"
Yes you can do that.
Here I am renaming a .exe file to .txt file
rename a file
Dim objFso
Set objFso= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objFso.MoveFile "D:\testvbs\autorun.exe", "D:\testvbs\autorun.txt"
Rename filename by searching the last character of name. For example,
Original Filename: TestFile.txt_001
Begin Character need to be removed: _
Result: TestFile.txt
Option Explicit
Dim oWSH
Dim vbsInterpreter
Dim arg1 'As String
Dim arg2 'As String
Dim newFilename 'As string
Set oWSH = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
vbsInterpreter = "cscript.exe"
ForceConsole()
arg1 = WScript.Arguments(0)
arg2 = WScript.Arguments(1)
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "This is a test script."
Dim result
result = InstrRev(arg1, arg2, -1)
If result > 0 then
newFilename = Mid(arg1, 1, result - 1)
Dim Fso
Set Fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Fso.MoveFile arg1, newFilename
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine newFilename
End If
Function ForceConsole()
If InStr(LCase(WScript.FullName), vbsInterpreter) = 0 Then
oWSH.Run vbsInterpreter & " //NoLogo " & Chr(34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34)
WScript.Quit
End If
End Function
From what I understand, your context is to download from ALM.
In this case, ALM saves the files under:
C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/TD_80/ALM_VERSION/random_string/Attach/artefact_type/ID
where :
ALM_VERSION is the version of your alm installation, e.g 12.53.2.0_952
artefact_type is the type of the artefact, e.g : REQ
ID is the ID of the artefact
Herebelow a code sample which connects to an instance of ALM, domain 'DEFAUT', project 'MY_PROJECT', gets all the attachments from a REQ with id 6 and saves them in c:/tmp. It's ruby code, but it's easy to transcribe to VBSctript
require 'win32ole'
require 'fileutils'
# login to ALM and domain/project
alm_server = ENV['CURRRENT_ALM_SERVER']
tdc = WIN32OLE.new('TDApiOle80.TDConnection')
tdc.InitConnectionEx(alm_server)
username, password = ENV['ALM_CREDENTIALS'].split(':')
tdc.Login(username, password)
tdc.Connect('DEFAULT', 'MY_PROJECT')
# get a handle for the Requirements
reqFact = tdc.ReqFactory
# get Requirement with ID=6
req = reqFact.item(6)
# get a handle for the attachment of REQ
att = req.Attachments
# get a handle for the list of attachements
attList = att.NewList("")
thePath= 'c:/tmp'
# for each attachment:
attList.each do |el|
clientPath = nil
# download the attachment to its default location
el.Load true, clientPath
baseName = File.basename(el.FileName)
dirName = File.dirname(el.FileName)
puts "file downloaded as : #{baseName}\n in Folder #{dirName}"
FileUtils.mkdir_p thePath
puts "now moving #{baseName} to #{thePath}"
FileUtils.mv el.FileName, thePath
end
The output:
=> file downloaded as : REQ_6_20191112_143346.png
=> in Folder C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\TD_80\12.53.2.0_952\e68ab622\Attach\REQ\6
=> now moving REQ_6_20191112_143346.png to c:/tmp
Below code absolutely worked for me to update File extension.
Ex: abc.pdf to abc.txt
Filepath = "Pls mention your Filepath"
Set objFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'' Below line of code is to get the object for Folder where list of files are located
Set objFolder = objFso.GetFolder(Filepath)
'' Below line of code used to get the collection object to hold list of files located in the Filepath.
Set FileCollection = objFolder.Files
For Each file In FileCollection
WScript.Echo "File name ->" + file.Name
''Instr used to Return the position of the first occurrence of "." within the File name
s = InStr(1, file.Name, ".",1)
WScript.Echo s
WScript.Echo "Extn --> " + Mid(file.Name, s, Len(file.Name))
'Left(file.Name,s-1) = Used to fetch the file name without extension
' Move method is used to move the file in the Desitnation folder you mentioned
file.Move(Filepath & Left(file.Name,s-1)&".txt")
Next
Rename File using VB SCript.
Create Folder Source and Archive in D : Drive. [You can choose other drive but make change in code from D:\Source to C:\Source in case you create folder in C: Drive]
Save files in Source folder to be renamed.
Save below code and save it as .vbs e.g ChangeFileName.vbs
Run file and the file will be renamed with existing file name and current date
Option Explicit
Dim fso,sfolder,fs,f1,CFileName,strRename,NewFilename,GFileName,CFolderName,CFolderName1,Dfolder,afolder
Dim myDate
myDate =Date
Function pd(n, totalDigits)
if totalDigits > len(n) then
pd = String(totalDigits-len(n),"0") & n
else
pd = n
end if
End Function
myDate=
Pd(DAY(date()),2) & _
Pd(Month(date()),2) & _
YEAR(Date())
'MsgBox ("Create Folders 'Source' 'Destination ' and 'Archive' in D drive. Save PDF files into Source Folder ")
sfolder="D:\Source\"
'Dfolder="D:\Destination\"
afolder="D:\archive\"
Set fso= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fs= fso.GetFolder(sfolder)
For each f1 in fs.files
CFileName=sfolder & f1.name
CFolderName1=f1.name
CFolderName=Replace(CFolderName1,"." & fso.GetExtensionName(f1.Path),"")
'Msgbox CFileName
'MsgBox CFolderName
'MsgBox myDate
GFileName=fso.GetFileName(sfolder)
'strRename="DA009B_"& CFolderName &"_20032019"
strRename= "DA009B_"& CFolderName &"_"& myDate &""
NewFilename=replace(CFileName,CFolderName,strRename)
'fso.CopyFile CFolderName1 , afolder
fso.MoveFile CFileName , NewFilename
'fso.CopyFile CFolderName, Dfolder
Next
MsgBox "File Renamed Successfully !!! "
Set fso= Nothing
Set fs=Nothing

Beginner VBscript: script that zips log files

I am having a problem with my script not actually producing a zip file. When I test the script with the paths set to something like this:
C:\Users\Bob\Desktop\Folder1\Folder2
with the test log files in folder 1 being deleted if older than 7 days, and being zipped and moved to folder 2, it will run perfectly fine. It will produce the zipped file with all of the log files in it and have the proper naming set.
So I know that at least the logic of the script works for that.
My problem is that I need this script to go through the security logs on a machine and delete any older than 7 days, and then zip up any that are left and be sent to a mounted shared drive. When I change the path to something like:
C:\Windows\System32\Config (where the logs are located)
it will still delete any log files older than 7 days, but it does not produce a zip file with any that are left. It just does nothing even though the script produces no errors. I've been trying to figure this out with no luck going over my code. If anyone could take a look over what I've had and let me know where I've gone astray that would be extremely helpful.
Thank you in advance, the script is found below.
'READ FIRST
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'Lines 14-53 delete any log files older than 7 days. Changing the value in "iDaysOld =" will change the time frame in which files are kept or deleted.
'If files do not need to be deleted this part of the script can be taken out and the Archive/Move ability will still be intact
'Lines 57-102 contain the ability to Zip your log files and send them to a new folder. The zipped file is named after the localhost and a date/timestamp is appended to the file name.
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit
Dim oFSO, oFolder, sDirectoryPath
Dim oFileCollection, oFile, sDir
Dim iDaysOld
' Specify Directory Path From Where You want to clear the old files
sDirectoryPath = "C:\Windows\System32\config"
' Specify Number of Days Old File to Delete
iDaysOld = 7
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oFolder = oFSO.GetFolder(sDirectoryPath)
Set oFileCollection = oFolder.Files
For each oFile in oFileCollection
'Specify the Extension of file that you want to delete
'and the number with Number of character in the file extension
If LCase(oFSO.GetExtensionName(oFile.Name)) = "log" Then
If oFile.DateLastModified < (Date() - iDaysOld) Then
oFile.Delete(True)
End If
End If
Next
Set oFSO = Nothing
Set oFolder = Nothing
Set oFileCollection = Nothing
Set oFile = Nothing
WScript.Echo "Press to start zipping log files."
Dim objFile, objPath, objFolder, Command, PathLogs, RetVal
Dim objFSO: Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim objShell: Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim d : d = Date()
Dim dateStr : dateStr = Year(d) & "-" & Right("00" & Month(d), 2) & "-" & Right("00" & Day(d), 2)
Dim t : t = Time()
Dim timeStr: timeStr = Hour(t) & "-" & Right("00" & Minute(t), 2) & "-" & Right("00" & Second(t), 2)
'Path where logs are located
PathLogs = "C:\Windows\System32\config"
'Loop through the logs and zip
Set objPath = objFSO.GetFolder(PathLogs)
For Each objFile In objPath.Files
If (LCase(objFSO.GetExtensionName(objFile)) = "log") Then
' zip files
Command = """C:\Program Files\7-zip\7z.exe"" a " & PathLogs & "%computername%" & "-" & dateStr & "-" & timeStr & ".zip " & PathLogs & objFile.Name
RetVal = objShell.Run(Command,0,true)
End If
Next
WScript.Echo "Zip Successful."
WScript.Echo "Now Moving Zipped Files into Archived Folder"
'move files
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FilesystemObject")
objFSO.MoveFile "C:\Windows\System32\config\*.zip" , "C:\Testscripts\testfolder\Archived"
WScript.Echo "Move Successful."
I'd probably try echoing out the 7zip command line, checking that it looks right and running it manually from the same location as the script runs from. It might look wrong when you see it or 7zip might give you a message to indicate what's going on.

How do I save an entire VB6 project to a new folder? Modules and all

How do I save an entire VB6 project to a new folder? Modules and all. I'm in a position where I need to work with some old VB6 projects. I'd like to save them to a new folder but when I save the project, all that is saved is the vbp file. No modules, no frm files. I want to be able to save all the info to a single folder without moving each BAS file one at a time. Is this even possible?
Addition: The first 2 replies make good sense. But my problem is that the BAS modules seem to be scattered all over the place. Making Windows Explorer do the work a bit tricky. If I have to I will but was looking for an easier way.
Thanks
Given the new "addition" to the question:
Move the VBP and the files in Windows Explorer to a completely new directory.
Open the VBP in a text editor and change any absolute paths to relative paths. VBP files are simple text files, and the format is even documented in the VB6 manual.
Here's an example. This evil VBP below has many absolute paths
Type=Exe
Form=c:\who\knows\where\B_Form.frm
Module=CModule; z:\magic\mapped\network\drive\heehee\C_Module.bas
Class=DClass; x:\personal\usb\stick\D_Class.cls
It would be changed to this benign VBP, which references local copies of the files. You can use relative paths for subdirectories.
Type=Exe
Form=B_Form.frm
Module=CModule; C_Module.bas
Class=DClass; subdirectory\D_Class.cls
If you mean from within Visual Studio, I don't think you can except by doing Save As for each file...
But the simpler approach is to just use Windows Explorer and copy the whole folder structure for the solution into another folder, (or do a recursive "Get" from your source code repository to a different local destination), and then open the solution or project file in the new location... The pointers in the project file that tell Visual Studio where 5all the individual source code and other files are located are generally all stored as relative paths, relative to the folder that the project file is in...
It's been a while since I used VB6, but I'd be tempted to move them using Windows Explorer, then manually edit the VBP file to point to the new locations afterwards. If I remember right, relative paths are fine in the VBP, so you may not even need to manke any changes.
Unbind from source control, if capable/appropriate.
Check into source control as a brand new solution/project
Recursive 'get' from your SCM into a new directory.
There's your new copy.
Create a VB6 Add-in. You can download it from: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1CXO3k
Or you can use below code to create your own.
Option Explicit
Public VBInstance As VBIDE.VBE
Public Connect As Connect
Private Sub CancelButton_Click()
Connect.Hide
End Sub
Private Sub OKButton_Click()
On Error Resume Next
Dim strProject As String
Dim strPath As String
Dim strPath2 As String
Dim strFile As String
Dim strPrjFile As String
Dim rst As VbMsgBoxResult
Dim m, n As Long
Dim col2 As Collection, col As Collection
Dim vbCom As VBComponent
Dim fso As FileSystemObject
Dim ts As TextStream
Dim f1 As String, f2 As String
strProject = Me.VBInstance.ActiveVBProject.FileName
strPath = ParseFileName(strProject, strPrjFile)
strPath2 = setFolder
If strPath = "" Or strPath = strPath2 Then
MsgBox "target folder is invalid or same as the project folder. Can't copy."
Exit Sub
End If
Set col2 = New Collection
Set col = New Collection
Set fso = New FileSystemObject
Set ts = fso.CreateTextFile(strPath2 & "\wemeet.log", False)
For m = Me.VBInstance.ActiveVBProject.VBComponents.Count To 1 Step -1
Set vbCom = Me.VBInstance.ActiveVBProject.VBComponents(m)
For n = 1 To vbCom.FileCount
f1 = vbCom.FileNames(n)
ParseFileName f1, strFile
f2 = strPath2 & "\" & strFile
fso.CopyFile f1, f2
col.Add f1
col2.Add f2
ts.WriteLine "" & Now() & " [Move]: " & f1
ts.WriteLine "" & Now() & " [To ]: " & f2
ts.WriteBlankLines 1
Next
Me.VBInstance.ActiveVBProject.VBComponents.Remove vbCom
Next
For m = 1 To col2.Count
Me.VBInstance.ActiveVBProject.VBComponents.AddFile col2.Item(m)
ts.WriteLine "" & Now() & " [Add]: " & col2.Item(m)
ts.WriteBlankLines 1
Next
Me.VBInstance.ActiveVBProject.SaveAs strPath2 & "\" & strPrjFile
ts.WriteLine "" & Now() & " [SaveAs]: " & strPath2 & "\" & strPrjFile
ts.WriteBlankLines 1
ts.Close
fso.OpenTextFile strPath2 & "\wemeet.log"
Set fso = Nothing
Set col = Nothing
Set col2 = Nothing
Set vbCom = Nothing
Connect.Hide
End Sub
Private Function ParseFileName(ByVal sPath As String, ByRef sFile As String) As String
Dim fso As New FileSystemObject
If fso.FileExists(sPath) Then
ParseFileName = fso.GetParentFolderName(sPath)
sFile = fso.GetFileName(sPath)
Else
ParseFileName = ""
sFile = ""
End If
Set fso = Nothing
End Function
Private Function setFolder() As String
Dim objDlg As Object
Dim objStartFolder As Object
Set objDlg = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objStartFolder = objDlg.BrowseForFolder(&H0, "Select a folder", &H10 + &H1)
If InStr(1, TypeName(objStartFolder), "Folder") > 0 Then
setFolder = objStartFolder.ParentFolder.ParseName(objStartFolder.Title).Path
End If
Set objDlg = Nothing
End Function

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