Using PathPrefix

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Demonstrates how to use the PathPrefix Zip component property.

    Dim zip As New ChilkatZip2
    zip.UnlockComponent "Anything for 30-day trial"

    zip.NewZip "test.zip"
    
    ' Set a prefix that is added to each filename within the .zip
    zip.PathPrefix = "someDir/"
    
    ' Add these files from our current working directory.
    ' Within the Zip that is created, the files will be under
    ' the "someDir" directory.
    zip.AppendOneFileOrDir "test.txt", 0
    zip.AppendOneFileOrDir "test2.txt", 0
    zip.AppendOneFileOrDir "test3.txt", 0
    
    zip.WriteZip