Another Path-in-Zip Example

Another example about getting the correct paths within a .zip.

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Dim zip As New ChilkatZip2

Dim success As Long

success = zip.UnlockComponent("anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox "Failed to unlock zip component"
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Intialize the zip object by calling NewZip.
zip.NewZip "myZip.zip"

'  Add references to files:
Dim recurse As Long
recurse = 1
zip.AppendFiles "c:\\temp\\a\\subdir1\\*",recurse

'  Assuming that the file c:\temp\a\subdir1\dude.gif exists,
'  the .zip will contain "dude.gif" without any path information.

'  The component has no
'  choice but to use "c:\\temp\\a\\subdir1" as the root.
'  It's not possible for the component to know if you
'  wanted subdir1\ or a\subdir1\ or temp\a\subdir1
'  paths prefixed for each file added.

'  To control the path within the zip, set the AppendFromDir
'  directory and then use a relative path in AppendFiles.
'  For example:
zip.AppendFromDir = "c:\\temp\\a"

zip.AppendFiles "subdir1\\*",recurse

'  This causes c:\temp\a\subdir1\dude.gif to be added as
'  "subdir1\dude.gif" within the .zip.

'  If you need the path within the .zip to be "a\subdir", then
'  do this:
zip.AppendFromDir = "c:\\temp"
zip.AppendFiles "a\\subdir1\\*",recurse

success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()