What is the EXE file for, and why should we run it?

The exe-file will compress the attachments. It's Open Source-Tool called 7zip.
That only runs on Windowssystems, i will add a zip-sample which is implemented in Java in the next days

I've implemented a similar function using a LotusScript Agent and a Java Script Library (based on Jens Bruntt's article: http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid4_gci1002690,00.html):
ZipFile.java:
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.zip.Deflater;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
public class ZipFile {
public String zipMyFile(String fileName, String zipFileName) {
String result = "";
byte[] buffer = new byte[18024];
// Get the basename from fileName
String baseName = (new File(fileName)).getName();
try {
ZipOutputStream out = new ZipOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(zipFileName));
// Set the compression ratio
out.setLevel(Deflater.BEST_COMPRESSION);
System.out.println(fileName);
// Associate a file input stream for the current file
FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(fileName);
// Add ZIP entry to output stream using baseName.
out.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(baseName));
// Transfer bytes from the current file to the ZIP file
int len;
while ((len = in.read(buffer)) > 0) {
out.write(buffer, 0, len);
}
// Close the entries and streams
out.closeEntry();
in.close();
out.close();
} catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
iae.printStackTrace();
return "ERROR_ILLEGALARGUMENTSEXCEPTION";
} catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
fnfe.printStackTrace();
return "ERROR_FILENOTFOUND";
} catch (IOException ioe) {
ioe.printStackTrace();
return "ERROR_IOEXCEPTION";
}
return "OK";
}
}
Agent:
Option Public
Option Declare
Uselsx "*javacon"
Use "ZipFile"
Sub Initialize
Dim ws As New NotesUIWorkspace
Dim uidoc As NotesUIDocument
Dim srcdoc As NotesDocument
Dim modified As Boolean
Dim report As Variant
Dim dirTemp As Variant
Dim js As JAVASESSION
Dim zipClass As JAVACLASS
Dim zipFileObject As JavaObject
Dim varFileToZip As String, varOutFilePath As String, returnCode As String
Set uidoc = ws.CurrentDocument
Set srcdoc = uidoc.Document
Set js = New JAVASESSION
Set zipClass = js.GetClass("ZipFile")
Set zipFileObject = zipClass.CreateObject
dirTemp = Environ("Temp")
Set report = srcdoc.GetFirstItem("Report")
If report.Type = RICHTEXT Then
' Zip each attachment
Forall attach In report.EmbeddedObjects
If attach.Type = EMBED_ATTACHMENT Then
varFileToZip = dirTemp + "\" + attach.Name
varOutFilePath = dirTemp + "\" + attach.Name + ".zip"
Print "Exporting..."
Call attach.ExtractFile(varFileToZip)
' Zip attachment
Print "Compressing..."
returnCode = zipFileObject.zipMyFile(varFileToZip, varOutFilePath)
If Not returnCode = "OK" Then
Print "An Error occurred"
' Remove attachment and attach zipped version
Else
Print "Importing..."
Call attach.Remove
Call report.EmbedObject(1454, "", varOutFilePath)
modified = True
Print "Done."
End If
End If
End Forall
If modified Then Call srcdoc.Save(True, False, True)
Call uidoc.Close
End If
End Sub

This code works great.
Only issue I have is that we are currently running word 2000 and when someone sends a 2003 word file the printer goes mad with pages and pages of rubbish.
Is there a way to alter the code to error on a 2003 word document?

When i start the agent, i get a "Object variable not set"-error!
First i thought it's the TEMP variable in the notes.ini, but after setting it the error remains!
Any suggestions?