how to zip a StringIO object?

[Dave Angel]

Nagy Viktor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I try to run the following code:
>
> def generate_zip(object_list, template):
>     result = StringIO.StringIO()
>     zipped = zipfile.ZipFile(result, "w")
>     for object in object_list:
>         pdf = generate_pdf(object, template)
>         if not pdf:
>             raise IOError("Problem with generating invoice %d" %
> object.pk)
>         zipped.writestr("invoice-%d.pdf" % object.pk, pdf)
>     zipped.close()
>     return result.getvalue()
>
> where generate_pdf returns a valid pdf file's string content, more
> precisely it returns a StringIO.getvalue() call containing the pdf
> "string".
>
> When I add this string to the zip file, I get a problem. Namely, the
> zipped files are chmoded to non-readable when extracted. How can I
> change this?
>
> thanks,
> V
>
>   
You don't tell us the version of Python, nor the OS environment, nor 
what utility you're using to extract these files.

When I supply the missing imports, shortcircuit the missing classes and 
functions, and add some mainline code, I can run this with no problem.  
Are you also running on Windows XP, using 2.6.2, using the same missing 
code as I, and extracting with Winzip 11.2?

DaveA