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.

Download Chilkat 32-bit Zip ActiveX (.msi) (includes objects for .zip, .gz, .bz2, and .Z)

Download All 32-bit Chilkat ActiveX Components (.zip)

Download All 64-bit Chilkat ActiveX Components (.zip)

CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @zip int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Zip2', @zip OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @success int

    --  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @zip, 'UnlockComponent', @success OUT, '30-day trial.'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @zip, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @zip, 'NewZip', @success OUT, 'test.zip'
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @zip, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    --  To zip using utf-8 filenames, set the OemCodePage = 65001
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @zip, 'OemCodePage', 65001

    DECLARE @recurse int

    SELECT @recurse = 1
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @zip, 'AppendFiles', NULL, 'c:/temp/NonEnglishFilenames/*', @recurse

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @zip, 'WriteZipAndClose', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @zip, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        RETURN
      END

    PRINT 'Zip Created!'
END
GO