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I like to use mdx file for archiving project, its compress max file too, later u can use daemon tool to mount it.

7z has a very good compression rate but keep in mind it’s much slower than other solutions.

But enough of talking , it’s about time to see some good solution.
Let’s start with WinRAR and then 7zip.
Fajar started with solid approach but without good explanation.
Here you can see all RAR commands and switches, and here all 7ZIP commands and switches.
This fn is based on Fajar solution

fn compressToRAR folder: rarFile: compressLevel: password: rarDir:@"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\" = if doesDirectoryExist folder do
       (
       	rarFile = if pathConfig.isPathRootedAtBackslash rarFile or pathConfig.isPathRootedAtDriveLetter rarFile then rarFile 
       	else pathConfig.appendPath folder rarFile
       	local doWR = "start /d " + "\""+rarDir+"\""+" rar.exe "
       	local switches = "a -ac -ai -ep1 -kb -ibck -os -rr3p -s -ds -ed -r -y -m"+ compressLevel as string
       	if password != unsupplied do switches += (" -p" + password)
       	DOSCommand (doWR + switches + " "+ "\"" + rarFile + "\"" + " " + "\"" + folder + "\"")
       )
       compressToRAR folder:@"c:	emp	est" rarFile:"project.rar" compressLevel:5 password:"123456789"

   I removed switch that removes all files after compression.
   [i][b]Arguments[/b][/i]:
   [i][b]folder[/b]:[/i] --> folder that we need to compress ei. project folder
   [i][b]rarFile:[/b][/i] --> if we use only filename with extension ("project.rar") then newley archive will
                   be placed in the source (project) folder. To change destination of this file use
                   fullFileName (example:@"c:\somefolder\somefilename.rar").
   [i][b]compressLevel:[/b][/i] --> can be range of integers from 0 to 5 which means:
                                   0 "Store", 1 "Fastest", 2 "Fast", 3 " Normal", 4 "Good" and 5 "Best"
   [i][b]password:[/b][/i] --> set password (or not) as string.
                                                 NOTE: PASSWORD NOT WORKS I DON'T KNOW WHY?
   [i][b]rarDir:[/b][/i] --> installation WinRAR folder. Default : @"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\"

edit: Is It order of switches important for password to work or not?

You can find users that not use WinRAR or 7zip. I personaly use 7zip only, but on all of the PC that I have to “fix” i install IZArc(because it supports more than 40 archive formats). So, I have a suggestion – use portable 7zip. This way you will not be committed to the archiver that the user uses.

I just installed IZArc Command Line Add-On from here.
See attachment for all commands

personally i will not use any max tool that instals anything else on my machine except the tool itself.

Nope. I never had to use it.
But I am sure that you can beat this.

Same here. This is so easy but not for me Damn DC strings

what’s wrong with password setup? what is not working?

Ok. This is the final solution for WinRAR compression.
> fixed password issue by changing “-p” switch to “-hp”
Switch -HP[pwd] – encrypt both file data and headers

[i]
 This switch is similar to -p[p], but switch -p encrypts only file data and leaves other 
 information like file names visible. This switch encrypts all sensitive archive areas 
 including file data, file names, sizes, attributes, comments and other blocks, so it 
 provides a higher security level. Without a password it is impossible to view even the 
 list of files in archive encrypted with -hp.
 [/i]

This is the list of all switches that are used in below fn
-ac … clear Archive attribute
-ai … ignore file attributes
-ep1 … exclude base folder from names
-kb … keep broken extracted files
-ibck … run WinRAR in background
-os … save NTFS streams
-rr3p … add data recovery record
-s … create solid archive
-ds … do not sort archiving files
-ed … do not add empty folders
-r … recurse subfolders
-y … assume Yes on all queries
-m5 … set compression method
-hp … encrypt both file data and headers

fn compressToRAR folder: rarFile: compressLevel: password:  rarDir:@"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\" = if doesDirectoryExist folder do
  (
  	rarFile = if pathConfig.isPathRootedAtBackslash rarFile or pathConfig.isPathRootedAtDriveLetter rarFile then rarFile 
  	else pathConfig.appendPath folder rarFile
  	local doWR = "start /d " + "\""+rarDir+"\""+" rar.exe "
  	local switches = "a -ac -ai -ep1 -kb -ibck -os -rr3p -s -ds -ed -r -y -m"+ compressLevel as string
  	if password != unsupplied do switches += (" -hp" + password)
  	DOSCommand (doWR + switches + " "+ "\"" + rarFile + "\"" + " " + "\"" + folder + "\"")
  )
  compressToRAR folder:@"c:	emp	est" rarFile:"project.rar" compressLevel:5 password:"123456789"

Next stop … 7zip compression method