Extract 7Zip Archive

This command extracts the contents of virtually any archive type available today. InstallAware uses 7Zip data compression technology which provides superior data compression rates for files of all types. Using the Extract 7Zip Archive command, you may extract any archive supported by 7Zip data compression technology, directly from within your setup. InstallAware web media blocks are also compressed using 7Zip data compression and may be extracted manually, if required, using this command.

Archive

Provide the full path to the archive to extract. InstallAware supports all archive types and all compression algorithms that are natively supported by 7Zip data compression technology.

Password

If the archive to extract is password protected, enter the password here.

Output Folder

Provide the full path to the output folder for the files contained inside the archive.

Preserve Folder Names

Archives may contain files stored with folder names, relative to the root of the archive. If you would like to preserve these folder names when extracting an archive, check this option. If you would like to extract files without folder names (by just using base file names), leave this option unchecked. If an archive contains files with identical names in different subfolders, leaving this option unchecked may not extract all of those files, as identically named files will either be overwritten, or skipped.

Always Overwrite

If files being extracted already exist on the target path, they will either be overwritten, or skipped from extraction. Check or uncheck this option based on the behavior you want for replacing pre-existing files.

Return Success State in Variable

If you enter a variable name into this field, the variable will receive the result of the extraction operation. If the extraction completed successfully, the variable holds SUCCESS. If the extraction failed with an error, the variable holds a textual description of the extraction error that occured.

 Notes

• You may also extract InstallAware self extracting EXE files (built using compressed or web deployment options), or other self extracting archives using this command. The command will skip executable data and extract the archive that is contained inside the EXE file.
• If the folder specified by the Output Folder field does not exist, it will be automatically created for you.
• If you use this command to extract archives other than 7Zip archives, be sure to switch to the full compression engine.