Create Zip with utf-8 Filenames (Unicode filenames)

Demonstrates how to create a .zip archive that stores the filenames using the utf-8 character encoding. This allows for filenames of any language to be within a single Zip.

Note: utf-8 is the multibyte encoding for Unicode. When a Zip compression product declares that it supports Unicode filenames, what it really means is that it is capable of reading/writing utf-8. WinZip added support for Unicode (utf-8) filenames starting with version 11.2.

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import sys
import chilkat

zip = chilkat.CkZip()

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

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

#  To zip using utf-8 filenames, set the OemCodePage = 65001
zip.put_OemCodePage(65001)

recurse = True
zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/NonEnglishFilenames/*",recurse)

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

print "Zip Created!"