Create Self-Extractor

How to create a self-extractor: Creates a self-extracting executable containing the compressed contents of a directory tree. When the resultant EXE is run, the files are decompressed and the directory tree is re-created.

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Chilkat.Zip zip = new Chilkat.Zip();

bool success;

//  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = zip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Initialize the zip object.  Because we're creating
//  a self-extracting EXE in this example, the filename
//  passed to NewZip will never actually be created.
success = zip.NewZip("notUsed.zip");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(zip.LastErrorText);
    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 WriteExe (or WriteZipAndClose,
//  or WriteZip, etc.) is called, the files are compressed
//  and added to the archive.
bool recurse;
recurse = true;
zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",recurse);

//  Write "archive.exe"

success = zip.WriteExe("archive.exe");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

MessageBox.Show("EXE Created!");