Zip One File

Zip a single file.

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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;
}

success = zip.NewZip("test.zip");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  In this example, the file we wish to zip is c:/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt

//  Add a reference to a single file by calling AppendOneFileOrDir
//  Note: You may use either forward or backward slashes.
bool saveExtraPath;
saveExtraPath = false;
success = zip.AppendOneFileOrDir("c:/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt",saveExtraPath);
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  A .zip containing "HelloWorld123.txt" with no path information has been created.
MessageBox.Show("Zip Created!");

//  Perhaps you want to include a path in the .zip such that when unzipping, a sub-directory
//  is automatically created and the file unzipped into it.  Use PathPrefix:

//  (We'll skip checking the success/failure return value.)

//  Set a PathPrefix to get the relative path you want:
//  The .zip will contain this entry: "myApp/HelloWorld123.txt"
success = zip.NewZip("test2.zip");
zip.PathPrefix = "myApp/";
success = zip.AppendOneFileOrDir("c:/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt",saveExtraPath);
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();