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Example for the Zip AppendNew Function

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Demonstrates the Zip AppendNew function.

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Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oZip = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Zip")

Local $sZipPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/test.zip"

;  Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
$oZip.NewZip($sZipPath)

;  Append a new and empty file to the zip object.
;  This does not write the zip file.  It simply adds an entry
;  that will get processed when the zip is written.
$oZip.AddEmpty(False,"empty.txt")

;  Append another entry..
Local $sPathInZip = "abc/helloWorld.txt"
$oZip.AddEmpty(False,$sPathInZip)

;  Add some data to this entry..
$oEntry = ObjCreate("Chilkat.ZipEntry")
$oZip.EntryOf($sPathInZip,$oEntry)
$oEntry.AppendString("Hello World","utf-8")

;  Write the zip, which contains 2 files:  empty.txt and helloWorld.txt
$oZip.FileName = $sZipPath
$bSuccess = $oZip.WriteZipAndClose()
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oZip.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)