Create a TAR file

x = object.TARCreateTAR

The syntax of the TARCreateTAR method has these parts:

 

Part	Description
object	A Cryptocx v7 control.
x	A string that becomes either "TRUE" or "Error: xxx" where xxx is the error message.

The properties you can set when creating a TAR file are:

Required - SourceFile
Required - DestinationFile

String

Where Cryptocx is an instance of a Cryptocx Control.

Where lstFiles is a listbox that will contain all of the files and or directories to include in the TAR.

''
'' Create the TAR file
''

'' Build up the list of Files/Dir to have in the Archive
''
'' They are separated by *
''
Dim names As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim theResult As String

names = ""

'' There are no files or directories specified to add to a tar file, so can't proceed
''
If lstFiles.ListCount < 1 Then
  GoTo eds
End If


For i = 0 To lstFiles.ListCount - 1
names = Trim(lstFiles.List(i)) + "*" + names
Next i

'' Remove the last *
''
names = Mid(names, 1, Len(names) - 1)



'' Now tell Cryptocx to create the Tar
''
Dim Cryptocx As New EasyByte_Software.Cryptocxv7

Cryptocx.LicenseKey = "DEMO"

Cryptocx.SourceFile = names
Cryptocx.DestinationFile = txtTarFile.Text

theResult = Cryptocx.TARCreateTAR


'' Check to see what has happened (if the compression went ok without errors)
''
If theResult = "TRUE" Then
  '' Ok, the Compression went well with no errors and the tar file was created
Else
  MsgBox theResult
End If


'' Free up Memory Resources
''
Set Cryptocx = Nothing

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