ZIP Archive

Represents a ZIP Archive attachment type for Batch Folders, providing access to ZIP-specific properties and commands.

Remarks

The ZIP Archive attachment type enables Batch Folders to interact with ZIP files (application/zip), exposing properties such as file count, compressed size, and uncompressed size. If a Batch Folder has no explicit MIME type, the type is inferred from the .zip file extension.

Usage

Assign the ZIP Archive type to a Batch Folder to enable ZIP-specific operations and property display. This is typically done automatically when a .zip file is attached.

Available Commands

The following commands are available for ZIP Archive attachments:

• Update: Writes all child attachments to the ZIP file, updating its contents to match the current children of the Batch Folder.
• Unzip: Extracts all files from the ZIP archive as child attachments of the Batch Folder. Supports options for sparse extraction, file type filtering, duplicate handling, and more.
• Unpackage: Extracts a primary file (by extension) and optional companion files from the ZIP archive, replacing the ZIP attachment with the extracted file(s).

These commands can be accessed from the context menu of a Batch Folder with a ZIP Archive attachment.

Integration

The ZIP Archive type is a derivative of Attachment Type, and is automatically selected for files with the .zip extension or application/zip MIME type.

For more information on configuring and using attachment types, see the documentation for Attachment Type and Batch Folder.

Properties

Name	Type		Description
File Count	Int32	►	The number of file entries contained within the ZIP archive. Default0 Displays the total count of files present in the attached ZIP file for this Batch Folder. This value reflects the number of top-level entries, not including folders or directory entries.
Uncompressed Size	Int64	►	The combined uncompressed size of all files in the ZIP archive. ConverterPg Format Converter Shows the total size, in bytes, of all files after extraction from the ZIP archive. This value is useful for understanding the actual storage requirements of the archive's contents, as opposed to the compressed size.
Size	Int64	►	The total compressed size of all files in the ZIP archive. ConverterPg Format Converter Displays the sum of the compressed sizes, in bytes, for all files within the ZIP archive as stored on disk. This value represents the actual space used by the archive file and may be significantly less than the uncompressed size.

Context Menu Commands

Command	Shortcut	Description
folder_zip Unpackage		Extracts a primary file and optional companion files from the ZIP Archive, replacing the ZIP attachment with the extracted file(s).
folder_zip Unzip		Extracts files from the ZIP Archive and saves them as child documents of the Batch Folder.
folder_zip Update		Updates the ZIP archive to match the current child attachments of the Batch Folder.