You can use this method of the CompressionService to compress text. The available compression algorithms are defined as constants CompressionAlgorithm_zip and CompressionAlgorithm_bzip2. The result is a blob which you can then save to the file system with the SaveBlob method from the FileSystemService. Or use it in some other way.
PARAMETERS
Parameter
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Type
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Description
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| CompressionAlgorithm | String (Context Store Reference, Data Constant Reference) | Compression algorithm to use. Choose one of the following values: zip, bzip2. |
| InputText | Memo (Context Store Reference, Data Constant Reference) | Text to put into the compressed file. |
| InternalFileName | String (Context Store Reference, Data Constant Reference) | Name of the compressed file (file.txt for example). This parameter is only used when the zip algorithm is selected, otherwise is the parameter ignored. |
Note
If you choose the bzip2 algorithm the InternalFileName is ignored as mentioned above. In that case you should include the compressed file name in the archive name while saving the file with the FileSystemService . The archive name could be for example: file.txt.bz2