Zip Library

This repository contains an AIMMS toolkit: Zip Library. It compresses a folder into a file and extracts it back, on Windows and on Linux.

🔧 What This Toolkit Solves

AIMMS has no built-in way to zip a folder, and the shell commands that do it differ between Windows and Linux - which matters the moment an application that works on a developer machine is published to the AIMMS Cloud.

This library wraps both behind pr_zipFolderToFile and pr_unzipFileToFolder, so the same call works in either place.

📖 How to Use This Toolkit

To get the most out of this toolkit, we highly recommend reading our detailed step-by-step guide on the AIMMS How-To website:

👉 Read the Full Article: Zip Library

Prerequisites

• AIMMS: You will need AIMMS installed to run the model. Download the Free Academic Edition here.
• A project to add it to: this toolkit is a library, meant to be imported into an application of your own.

🚀 Getting Started

1. Download the Release: Go to the Releases page and download the .zip file from the latest version.
2. Open the Project: Launch the .aimms file.
3. Add the Library: in your own project, use File > Library Manager > Add Library from Disk.
4. Zip or Unzip: call pr_zipFolderToFile to compress a folder, or pr_unzipFileToFolder to extract one.

🤝 Support & Feedback

This toolkit is maintained by the AIMMS User Support Team.

• Found an issue? Open an issue.
• Questions? Reach out via the AIMMS Community.

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