How to zip a file using ABAP: The easy why it to use the standard class CL_ABAP_ZIP.
You will find following a ready to run program taking a file in input and converting it into Zip file in the Presentation server.
How to zip a file using ABAP ?
The different step to zip a file using ABAP is
- Uploading the file into memory
- Convert Binary to XString
- Create an instance of cl_abap_zip
- Add Binary File to
- Get ZIP File in Binary mode
- Convert XSTRING to String
- Download ZIP file on Presentation server
ABAP Program to Zip a file using ABAP
The output screen will look like :
And the result is:
The first Step is to upload the file and to convert it to XSTRING format.
Learn more about Conversion ABAP: between Binary, String, XString and Table
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DATA: lr_abap_zip TYPE REF TO cl_abap_zip. DATA: lt_data_tab TYPE TABLE OF x255, lv_bin_size TYPE i, lv_bufferx TYPE xstring, lv_buffer_zip TYPE xstring. " Input File PARAMETERS: p_ifile TYPE string DEFAULT 'C:tempfile.pdf'. " Output File PARAMETERS: p_ofile TYPE string DEFAULT 'C:tempfile.zip'. START-OF-SELECTION. " Upload file CLEAR: lt_data_tab[],lv_bin_size. CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD' EXPORTING filename = p_ifile filetype = 'BIN' IMPORTING filelength = lv_bin_size TABLES data_tab = lt_data_tab. " Convert Binary to XString CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_BINARY_TO_XSTRING' EXPORTING input_length = lv_bin_size IMPORTING buffer = lv_bufferx TABLES binary_tab = lt_data_tab. IF sy-subrc <> 0. MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4. ENDIF. |
The second step is to create a new Zip file using CL_ABAP_ZIP->ADD method, then to save the Zip file.
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" Create an instance of cl_abap_zip CREATE OBJECT lr_abap_zip. " Add Binary File to CALL METHOD lr_abap_zip->add EXPORTING name = p_ifile content = lv_bufferx. " Get ZIP File in Binary mode CALL METHOD lr_abap_zip->save RECEIVING zip = lv_buffer_zip. CLEAR: lt_data_tab[],lv_bin_size. " Convert XSTRING to String CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_XSTRING_TO_BINARY' EXPORTING buffer = lv_buffer_zip IMPORTING output_length = lv_bin_size TABLES binary_tab = lt_data_tab. " Download ZIP file on Presentation server CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_DOWNLOAD' EXPORTING bin_filesize = lv_bin_size filename = p_ofile filetype = 'BIN' TABLES data_tab = lt_data_tab. |
ZIP file in ABAP with GZIP
An other ways to How to zip a file using ABAP is using GZIP/GUNZIP compression and decompression algorithm.
But if you want to go the hard way, you can implement your own GZIP/GUNZIP compress.
The advantage of GZIP/GUNZIP:
- Independent of CPU type, operation system …
- Works also on Data stream
- Efficiency compress method
Go and play with this GZIP/GUNZIP custom ABAP in this link
Other Methods ?CL_ABAP_ZIP Class
The standard Class CL_ABAP_ZIP is the perfect fit to handle ZIP File using ABAP code.
In the previous example, we mostly used the methods ADD and SAVE.
Here the list of CL_ABAP_ZIP Methods:
| ZIP Method | Description |
|---|---|
| LOAD | Loads a Zip File |
| SAVE | Creates a Zip File |
| GET | Reads a File from the Zip Folder |
| ADD | Adds a File to a Zip Folder |
| DELETE | Deletes a File in the Zip Folder |
| CRC32 | Calculate a CRC32 Value |
| SPLICE | Loads and Splits a Zip File |
Other utility class for GZIP CL_ABAP_GZIP
CL_ABAP_GZIP Class for (De)Compression (GZIP) is other alternative if you want to use rather GZIP compression.
Here the list of the methods of CL_ABAP_GZIP are:
| GZIP Method | Description |
|---|---|
| COMPRESS_TEXT | Compression of Text in GZIP Format |
| DECOMPRESS_TEXT | Decompression of Zipped Text |
| COMPRESS_BINARY | Compression of Binary Data in GZIP Format |
| DECOMPRESS_BINARY | Decompression of Zipped Binary Data |