I forgot that I had to move that function, now it won't do what I wanted. Leave it with for a few days and I will see what I can do to allow stopping before it finishes processing all files. Russell Peters On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:15 AM, Allan Fernandes < allan_fernandes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I tried out the code you suggested. I took a file that takes 30 secs to > compress. > Made 8 copies of it and after 2 mins I change NeedToStop:=True; > But the ZipMaster191SetAddName does not get triggered once compression > starts. > > Regards > Allan > > var > NeedToStop: Boolean; > FilesYetToBeDone: TStringList; > > .... > > procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); > begin > Timer1.Enabled :=true; > ZipMaster191.ZipFileName:='c:\Partial.zip'; > ZipMaster191.FSpecArgs.Clear ; > ZipMaster191.FSpecArgs.add('c:\Data\A1.gdb'); > ZipMaster191.FSpecArgs.add('c:\Data\A2.gdb'); > ZipMaster191.FSpecArgs.add('c:\Data\A3.gdb'); > ZipMaster191.FSpecArgs.add('c:\Data\A4.gdb'); > ZipMaster191.FSpecArgs.add('c:\Data\A5.gdb'); > ZipMaster191.FSpecArgs.add('c:\Data\A6.gdb'); > ZipMaster191.FSpecArgs.add('c:\Data\A7.gdb'); > ZipMaster191.FSpecArgs.add('c:\Data\A8.gdb'); > ZipMaster191.add; > end; > > procedure TForm1.Timer1Timer(Sender: TObject); > begin // After 2 mins ie: during compression of A4.gdb I need to pack up > the Zip containing A1,A2,A3,A4 only > Timer1.Enabled :=false; > NeedTostop:=true; > end; > > procedure TForm1.ZipMaster191SetAddName(Sender: TObject; var FileName: > string;const ExtName: string; var IsChanged: Boolean); > begin > if NeedTostop then > begin > FilesYetToBeDone.Add(ExtName); > FileName := ''; // tell it not to use any any name (won't save it at > all) > IsChanged := True; > end; > end; > > procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject); > begin > FilesYetToBeDone:= TStringList.Create ; > end; > > > > > ----------- > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty e-mail > message to: > delphizip-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > and put the word unsubscribe in the subject. > ----------- To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty e-mail message to: delphizip-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word unsubscribe in the subject.