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Create Password Protected Zip containing a Single File.

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Create a password-protected .zip containing a single file. (This uses the older Zip 2.0 encryption scheme, which is weaker and not as secure as AES encryption, which Chilkat Zip also supports.)

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    CkZip zip = new CkZip();

    success = zip.NewZip("test.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    zip.SetPassword("secret");
    zip.put_PasswordProtect(true);

    boolean saveExtraPath;
    saveExtraPath = false;
    success = zip.AddFile("/temp/hamlet.xml",saveExtraPath);

    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Zip Created!");
  }
}