validZipMethod()

Function to check whether the specified zip method is a supported zip method. This function is an internal function used by the methods File.zip() and Folder.zip().

The function validZipMethod() is located in the file zip.jsxinc.

Valid zip methods are:

METHOD MEANING
tz7b 7z format
tgzip GZIP format
tzip ZIP format
tbzip2 BZIP2 format
tiso ISO format
tudf UDF format

Usage

var zipmethod = "tzip";
if(validZipMethod(zipmethod))
   file.zip("myarchive.zip", zipmethod, 5, "a");

Parameters

Parameter Data type Required Description
method String The zip method to check.

Return values

Value Meaning
true The method is a valid zip method.
false The method is not a valid zip method.