C

Create Self-Extracting Executable (Windows-only)

Demonstrates how to create a Windows self-extracting EXE. C

#include <C_CkZip.h>

BOOL zip_AbortCheck()
    {
    
    return FALSE;
    }

BOOL zip_PercentDone(int percentDone)
    {
    printf("Percent Done: %d\n",percentDone);
    //  Explicitly abort at 25% or greater.
    //  Remove this to allow for the HTTP download to run to completion.
    if (percentDone > 25) {
        return TRUE;
    }
    return FALSE;
    }

void zip_ProgressInfo(const char *name, const char *value)
    {
    printf("%s: %s\n",name,value);
    }

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZip zip;
    BOOL (*fnzipAbortCheck)() = zip_AbortCheck;
    BOOL (*fnzipPercentDone)(int percentDone) = zip_PercentDone;
    void (*fnzipProgressInfo)(const char *name, const char *value) = zip_ProgressInfo;
    BOOL recurse;

    success = FALSE;

    //  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    zip = CkZip_Create();
    CkZip_setAbortCheck(zip, fnzipAbortCheck);
    CkZip_setPercentDone(zip, fnzipPercentDone);
    CkZip_setProgressInfo(zip, fnzipProgressInfo);

    //  Initialize the zip object.  Because we're creating
    //  a self-extracting EXE in this example, the filename
    //  passed to NewZip will never actually be created.
    success = CkZip_NewZip(zip,"notUsed.zip");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    //  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 WriteExe (or WriteZipAndClose,
    //  or WriteZip, etc.) is called, the files are compressed
    //  and added to the archive.
    recurse = TRUE;
    CkZip_AppendFiles(zip,"c:/temp/a/*",recurse);

    //  Write "sfx.exe"
    success = CkZip_WriteExe(zip,"c:/temp/sfx.exe");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }



    CkZip_Dispose(zip);

    }