(C++) Add a Common Root Directory to ZIP Entries Using PathPrefix

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This example demonstrates how to use the PathPrefix property to prepend a common directory path to all entries added to a ZIP archive.

The PathPrefix value is prepended to the stored ZIP paths for subsequently added entries.

This is useful when:

• Creating ZIP archives that extract beneath a single root directory
• Packaging applications or projects into a named top-level folder
• Avoiding extraction directly into the current directory
• Organizing ZIP contents beneath a common parent directory

Suppose the local filesystem contains:

c:/MyProject/src/main.cpp
c:/MyProject/src/util.cpp
c:/MyProject/docs/readme.txt

And suppose the following code is executed:

zip.PathPrefix = "MyProject/";

Then the ZIP archive will contain:

MyProject/src/main.cpp
MyProject/src/util.cpp
MyProject/docs/readme.txt

Without a PathPrefix, the ZIP archive would instead contain:

src/main.cpp
src/util.cpp
docs/readme.txt

The PathPrefix is applied only to entries added after the property is set.

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#include <CkZip.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkZip zip;

    // Create a new ZIP archive.
    success = zip.NewZip("MyProject.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << zip.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Prepend "MyProject/" to all subsequently added ZIP entries.
    // 
    // This causes all files to extract beneath a top-level
    // directory named "MyProject".
    zip.put_PathPrefix("MyProject/");

    // Recursively add project files.
    // 
    // Because saveExtraPath = false, the stored ZIP paths
    // will normally begin with:
    // 
    //     src/
    //     docs/
    // 
    // But because PathPrefix = "MyProject/",
    // the final ZIP paths become:
    // 
    //     MyProject/src/
    //     MyProject/docs/
    // 
    bool recurse = true;
    success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/MyProject/*",recurse);

    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << zip.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Write the ZIP archive and close it.
    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << zip.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    std::cout << "ZIP archive created successfully." << "\r\n";
    }