Create Password Protected Zip containing a Single File.

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Create a password-protected .zip containing a single file. (This uses the older Zip 2.0 encryption scheme, which is weaker and not as secure as AES encryption, which Chilkat Zip also supports.)

LOCAL loZip
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lnSaveExtraPath

loZip = CreateObject('Chilkat.Zip2')

*  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
lnSuccess = loZip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loZip.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

lnSuccess = loZip.NewZip("test.zip")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loZip.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

loZip.SetPassword("secret")
loZip.PasswordProtect = 1

lnSaveExtraPath = 0
lnSuccess = loZip.AppendOneFileOrDir("c:/temp/hamlet.xml",lnSaveExtraPath)

lnSuccess = loZip.WriteZipAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loZip.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

=MESSAGEBOX("Zip Created!")