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Add Text Files to a ZIP Using AddString

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This example demonstrates how to use the AddString method to add multiple text files directly from string variables into a ZIP archive.

Each string is converted to bytes using the specified character encoding and stored as a separate file entry within the ZIP archive.

This method is useful for dynamically generating small text files such as configuration files, reports, JSON documents, XML, or log files entirely in memory.

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Local $bSuccess = False

$oZip = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Zip")

$bSuccess = $oZip.NewZip("stringEntries.zip")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oZip.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Add a README text file.
Local $sReadmeText = "This ZIP archive was created using AddString."

$bSuccess = $oZip.AddString("docs/readme.txt",$sReadmeText,"utf-8")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oZip.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Add a JSON configuration file.
Local $sJsonText = "{ ""server"": ""example.com"", ""port"": 443 }"

$bSuccess = $oZip.AddString("config/settings.json",$sJsonText,"utf-8")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oZip.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Add a small XML document.
Local $sXmlText = "<root><status>OK</status></root>"

$bSuccess = $oZip.AddString("xml/status.xml",$sXmlText,"utf-8")
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oZip.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Write the ZIP archive to disk and close it.
$bSuccess = $oZip.WriteZipAndClose()
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oZip.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("ZIP archive created successfully." & @CRLF)