(Classic ASP) Transition from Zip.AppendNew to Zip.AddEmpty

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendNew method calls with AddEmpty.

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

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Zip")
set zip = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

' ...
' ...
pathInZip = "example.dat"

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The AppendNew method is deprecated:

' entryObj is a Chilkat.ZipEntry
Set entryObj = zip.AppendNew(pathInZip)
If (zip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( zip.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' ...
' ...

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Do the equivalent using AddEmpty.

' Indicate the newly appended entry is not a directory entry.
isDir = 0

success = zip.AddEmpty(isDir,pathInZip)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( zip.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Do the following if you need the zip entry object for what was just appended.
' The newly appended entry is the last one.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.ZipEntry")
set ze = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.ZipEntry")
index = zip.NumEntries - 1
success = zip.EntryAt(index,ze)

%>
</body>
</html>