(C) Transition from Zip.AppendNewDir to Zip.AddEmpty

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendNewDir method calls with AddEmpty.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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#include <C_CkZip.h>
#include <C_CkZipEntry.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkZip zip;
    const char *pathInZip;
    HCkZipEntry entryObj;
    BOOL isDir;
    BOOL success;
    HCkZipEntry ze;
    int index;

    zip = CkZip_Create();

    // ...
    // ...
    pathInZip = "exampleDir";

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The AppendNewDir method is deprecated:

    entryObj = CkZip_AppendNewDir(zip,pathInZip);
    if (CkZip_getLastMethodSuccess(zip) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    // ...
    // ...

    CkZipEntry_Dispose(entryObj);

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Do the equivalent using AddEmpty.

    // Indicate the newly appended entry is a directory entry.
    isDir = TRUE;

    success = CkZip_AddEmpty(zip,isDir,pathInZip);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    // Do the following if you need the zip entry object for what was just appended.
    // The newly appended entry is the last one.
    ze = CkZipEntry_Create();
    index = CkZip_getNumEntries(zip) - 1;
    CkZip_EntryAt(zip,index,ze);


    CkZip_Dispose(zip);
    CkZipEntry_Dispose(ze);

    }