Create Self-Extractor

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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.

uses
    Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
    Dialogs, StdCtrls,
    ChilkatZip2Lib_TLB,
    OleCtrls;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
zip: TChilkatZip2;
success: Integer;
recurse: Integer;

begin
zip := TChilkatZip2.Create(Self);

//  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success := zip.UnlockComponent('Anything for 30-day trial');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(zip.LastErrorText);

  end;

//  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 <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(zip.LastErrorText);

  end;

//  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.
recurse := 1;
zip.AppendFiles('c:/temp/a/*',recurse);

//  Write "archive.exe"
success := zip.WriteExe('archive.exe');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    ShowMessage(zip.LastErrorText);

  end;

ShowMessage('EXE Created!');
end;