Compress

Compress is a processor that places the incoming file or a job folder into a compressed ZIP archive. All files in a job folder are placed in a single archive. The archive is named as the incoming file or job folder with a ".zip" extension.

Note: This tool is outdated and should only be used for maintenance reasons. Please use the new Archive tool, which provides proper support for Unicode based on zip file format specification.

Keywords

Keywords can be used with the search function above the Flow elements pane.

The keywords for the Compress element are:

ZIP
archive

Connections

Compress allows only a single outgoing connection.

Properties

Property	Description
Name	The name of the flow element displayed in the canvas
Description	A description of the flow element displayed in the canvas. This description is also shown in the tooltip that appears when moving your cursor over the flow element
Compress	If set to yes, the files in the ZIP archive are compressed (the default behavior) If set to no, the files are stored in the ZIP archive without compression, dramatically reducing processing time; this can be meaningful when speed is more important than size, or when the files will not compress well anyway (example: JPEG images) – but you still want a single archive containing all files
Use password	If set to yes, all created archives are password-protected
Password	The password used for protecting archives

Note: Switch uses zlib which does not support the AES encryption, therefore Switch cannot read passwords which use the AES encryption. Hence, the Uncompress tool cannot read passwords which have been encrypted using the AES encryption. As a workaround, users can try using a third-party archiver as a command line application from Switch.