Create Zip with utf-8 Filenames (Unicode filenames)

Demonstrates how to create a .zip archive that stores the filenames using the utf-8 character encoding. This allows for filenames of any language to be within a single Zip.

Note: utf-8 is the multibyte encoding for Unicode. When a Zip compression product declares that it supports Unicode filenames, what it really means is that it is capable of reading/writing utf-8. WinZip added support for Unicode (utf-8) filenames starting with version 11.2.

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MS Windows Visual C/C++ Libraries

Linux/CentOS C/C++ Libraries

MAC OS X C/C++ Libraries

Solaris C/C++ Libraries

C++ Builder Libraries

FreeBSD C++ Libraries

HP-UX C++ Libraries

BlackBerry QNX C++ Libraries

#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,"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;
    }

    //  To zip using utf-8 filenames, set the OemCodePage = 65001
    CkZip_putOemCodePage(zip,65001);

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

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

    printf("Zip Created!\n");

    CkZip_Dispose(zip);

    }