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Create Zip with utf-8 Filenames (Unicode filenames)

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Demonstrates how to create a .zip archive that stores the filenames using the utf-8 character encoding. This allows for filenames of any language to be within a single Zip.

Note: utf-8 is the multibyte encoding for Unicode. When a Zip compression product declares that it supports Unicode filenames, what it really means is that it is capable of reading/writing utf-8. WinZip added support for Unicode (utf-8) filenames starting with version 11.2.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim zip As ChilkatZip
zip.Initialize("zip")

success = zip.NewZip("test.zip")
If success <> True Then
    Log(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  To zip using utf-8 filenames, set the OemCodePage = 65001
zip.OemCodePage = 65001

Dim recurse As Boolean = True
success = zip.AppendFiles("/temp/NonEnglishFilenames/*", recurse)

success = zip.WriteZipAndClose
If success <> True Then
    Log(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Log("Zip Created!")