problem in deploying zip file

i even tried dat.. its not working...ive got latest roku sdk 3.0, inside the examples folder..ive got a folder named source and another folder named zips(which contains compressed file with extension.zip) i was able to succesfully deploy in developer installer and was able to receive the output as far as the .zip files inside the zips folder are concerned...but if i m to zip the contents inside the source folder which usually is in unziped form and deploy dat in developer installer it installs but not able to get the output....i usually archive the folder by left clicking--> compress<channel>.i also tried archiving using the terminal zip -9 -r channel.zip channel...but still not able to get the output....am i doing the wrong way , is der anyother way to archive the application or is der any modification need to be done