Create Password Protected Zip containing a Single File.

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.)

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import sys
import chilkat

zip = chilkat.CkZip()

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = zip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print zip.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

success = zip.NewZip("test.zip")
if (success != True):
    print zip.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

zip.SetPassword("secret")
zip.put_PasswordProtect(True)

saveExtraPath = False
success = zip.AppendOneFileOrDir("c:/temp/hamlet.xml",saveExtraPath)

success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
if (success != True):
    print zip.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

print "Zip Created!"