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.

Keywords

Keywords can be used with the search function above the 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
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.