Create a Zip

How to create a .zip archive.

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#include <C_CkZip.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkZip zip;
    BOOL success;
    BOOL recurse;

    zip = CkZip_Create();

    //  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    success = CkZip_UnlockComponent(zip,"Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        return;
    }

    success = CkZip_NewZip(zip,"test.zip");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        return;
    }

    //  Append a directory tree.  The AppendFiles does
    //  not read the file contents or append them to the zip
    //  object in memory.  It simply appends references
    //  to the files so that when WriteZip (or WriteZipAndClose,
    //  or WriteExe, etc.) is called, the files are compressed
    //  and encrypted.

    recurse = TRUE;
    CkZip_AppendFiles(zip,"c:/temp/a/*",recurse);

    success = CkZip_WriteZipAndClose(zip);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        return;
    }

    printf("Zip Created!\n");

    CkZip_Dispose(zip);

    }