Create a Zip While Excluding Files Matching a Pattern

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Demonstrates how to create a Zip while excluding files matching a pattern.

// Zip Compression C++ Source Code to
// add an entire directory tree to a Zip
// while excluding files matching a pattern.
//

#include "stdafx.h"

#include "CkZip.h"
#include "CkZipEntry.h"
#include "CkStringArray.h"

int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
                     HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                     LPSTR     lpCmdLine,
                     int       nCmdShow)
{
    // Unlock the Zip product.
    // This only needs to be done once when the first CkZip object
    // is instantiated.
    CkZip zip;
    zip.UnlockComponent("unlockCode");

    // Create a new Zip and append files and directories recursively.
    zip.NewZip("myZip.zip");
    
    // Exclude all of these types of files.
    CkStringArray sArray;
    sArray.Append("*.obj");
    sArray.Append("*.exe");
    sArray.Append("*.ncb");
    sArray.Append("*.db");

    // Add the exlusions.
    zip.SetExclusions(&sArray);

    // Also exclude directories named "Sounds", "Debug" and "Release", wherever found.
    zip.ExcludeDir("Debug");
    zip.ExcludeDir("Release");
    zip.ExcludeDir("Sounds");

    // Append the files, excluding everything we've specified.
    zip.AppendFiles("./Tree/*",true,0);
    zip.WriteZipAndClose(0);

    return 0;
}