# Tools plugin 1.6 (including zip & unzip) **URL:** \ **Category:** Classic Servoy\ **Created:** [February 7, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/tools-plugin-1-6-including-zip-unzip/1208 "2004-02-07T14:24:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/tools-plugin-1-6-including-zip-unzip/1208/1 "2004-02-07T14:24:03Z")
The very first plugin for Servoy now reached it’s 6th revision. I added zip and unzip functions and a function to mirror a text. Have fun with it and check out my second (Splash) plugin to show a splash screen… The tools plugin now holds the following **SEVENTEEN** functions: **FILES** 1.zip zip a (single) file, not a folder. 2.unzip unzip a file or a group of files, not a folder. **ENCRYPTION** 1. encrypt java DES encrypt a string with an optional user key. 2. decrypt decrypt a string previously encrypted with the above function. **CALCULATION** 1. getMaxDay returns the last day of the given month. 2. getIT2Be returns my name, email and GSM. **(STRING) FORMATTING** 1. dateFormat very much like the Java dateFormat class to convert a date to a string and the other way around with (or without) a formatting string. 2. numberFormat formats the (localized) number to the formatString. 3. secondsFormat to make a number of seconds a string and the other way around. formatting like HH:mm:ss. 4.Mirror reverse a string M-^QmirrorStringM-^R into M-^QgnirtSrorrimM-^R. **VALIDATION** 1. isEmail based on a method I posted earlier on this forum now available in this plugin. It takes a string with one or more email adresses and checks if the format is correct. 2. isExpired takes a year, month and (optional) day and returns a boolean when expired. Can be used to check the expiration date of a credit card. 3. isInteger returns a boolean value, checks a string. 4. isInRange takes dates, numbers/integers and strings and returns true or false. - dates: dates need to be set with new Date() not a db timestamp - string: there is an option to be set to true if you want to ignore cases 1. isModulus10 takes a string, filters all numbers and tells you the result of a modulus10 check. Can be used to check a credit card number. 2. isNumber returns a boolean value after checking a string. - localized but will return false when you input thousand seperators. 1. isTextOnly takes a string and returns false if it finds numbers. The result is attached. Just drop it in your plugins folder and restart Servoy. REMARK: When you missed version 4 please read the remarks about the old version. Feel free to use it and distribute it but give me credit for it. The plugin is free, provided M-^Qas isM-^R and I can not take any responsibility for the way it behaves or works. **And I would really like some feedback on (most) wanted functions. Maybe in the direction of validation…** Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Harjo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/harjo/32/4873_2.png) [@Harjo](https://forum.servoy.com/u/Harjo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/tools-plugin-1-6-including-zip-unzip/1208/2 "2004-02-08T15:22:56Z")
Hi Marcel, I wanted to try this one, but the file you are presenting here,contains the splash-plugin! ---
**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/tools-plugin-1-6-including-zip-unzip/1208/3 "2004-02-08T17:43:54Z")
What don’t you like my splash plugin ![:lol:]( "Laughing") I was already afraid there was something wrong because things went wrong this afternoon too when I tried to build another jar. I uploaded a new version the other minute… The old one is deleted… ---
**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/tools-plugin-1-6-including-zip-unzip/1208/4 "2004-02-11T10:20:20Z")
Anyone using or intending to use the zip/unzip functions? I added the following for them: - possibility to read/write folders - renaming if name exists (’ 1’, ’ 2’ etc.) - throw away extentions ‘.app’ (os x) and ‘.exe’ (win) when zippin’ - always zip/unzip into the same directory (no out directory choice anymore) - possibility to delete original after zip/unzip I now concider adding a window with a progressbar. Anyone happy/unhappy with this and any additional suggestions btw the above additions are not yet released… ---
**Author:** ![irennie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/848f3c/32.png) [@irennie](https://forum.servoy.com/u/irennie)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/tools-plugin-1-6-including-zip-unzip/1208/5 "2010-12-03T15:51:26Z")
I am using the latest IT2BE tools plug-in (3.4-241) to zip files and folders. I am finding a problem where the zip function fails when a folder or file name contains the characters ‘app’. For example, the folder I want to zip is in the Servoy/application\_server path. This fails because of the ‘app’ in application\_server. If I change the name to something without ‘app’ in it then it works OK. Could this have something to do with the above quote: > - throw away extentions ‘.app’ (os x) and ‘.exe’ (win) when zippin’ ---
**Author:** ![irennie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/848f3c/32.png) [@irennie](https://forum.servoy.com/u/irennie)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/tools-plugin-1-6-including-zip-unzip/1208/6 "2010-12-07T09:00:20Z")
For your information, this issue is fixed in the next release of the Tools plugin 3.4-242 which has currently been released as a Beta.