Zipping a .txt file in Qt

Question

I have a simple application in Qt where the user enters data in a text file, which is then saved on desktop. After that I would like to be able to insert the .txt file in a .zip file.

I have tried to use QuaZIP with no success, it seems too complicated to understand.

Any help or suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Just call a zipping utility (like "zip" & "unzip") using system commands. And make them a dependency of your code. — 111111, Feb 23 '12 at 13:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '12 at 16:16

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Bugless archive library is pretty good.This is how you would add files to an archive.

bool addFilesToArchive(const QString& archiveName, const QStringList& fileNames, const QString& password )
{
    Archive a;
    a.setArchiveName( archiveName );

    if ( !password.isEmpty() )
    {
        a.setPassword( password );
    }

    return a.addFiles( fileNames );
}

For more checkout the library at http://www.bugless.co.uk/products/archive/archive.html

answered Feb 23 '12 at 16:16

Gandalf

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The library has dual licensing (GNU GPL plus the Bugless proprietary license).I remember it working when i tried it. – Gandalf Feb 24 '12 at 10:50

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '12 at 18:43

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libkarchive from the KDE frameworks provides exactly this. It's not released as a standalone library yet, though, but you could grab it from kdelibs git, branch frameworks.

Alternatively, the bugless library is an option as well, indeed.

answered Feb 23 '12 at 18:43

David Faure

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