Rename a filename within the .zip before zipping.

Demonstrates how to rename a file within a .zip prior to writing it.

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Dim zip As New Chilkat.Zip()

Dim success As Boolean

'  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = zip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(zip.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


success = zip.NewZip("test.zip")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(zip.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If



'  Append a directory tree.  The AppendFiles does
'  not read the file contents or append them to the zip
'  object in memory.  It simply appends references
'  to the files so that when WriteZip (or WriteZipAndClose,
'  or WriteExe, etc.) is called, the files are compressed
'  and encrypted.
Dim recurse As Boolean
recurse = true
zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",recurse)

Dim entry As Chilkat.ZipEntry

entry = zip.GetEntryByName("Setup.exe")
If (entry Is Nothing ) Then
    MsgBox("Failed to find entry in .zip")
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Change the filename of this entry.
'  When the .zip is written, the "Setup.exe" is streamed
'  in from the filesystem and compressed into the .zip,
'  and named as "install.exe"
entry.FileName = "install.exe"


success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(zip.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


MsgBox("Zip Created!")