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C Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Transition from Zip.AppendOneFileOrDir to Zip.AddFile

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendOneFileOrDir method calls with AddFile.

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

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

    success = FALSE;

    zip = CkZip_Create();

    //  ...
    //  ...
    localFilePath = "c:/someDir/example.dat";
    saveExtraPath = FALSE;

    //  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  The AppendOneFileOrDir method is deprecated:

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

    //  ...
    //  ...

    CkZipEntry_Dispose(entryObj);

    //  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Do the equivalent using AddFile.

    //  Instead of returning the zip entry object, we just return success/failure.
    success = CkZip_AddFile(zip,localFilePath,saveExtraPath);
    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);

    }