C#

Append String as a File to a Zip

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Demonstrates how to append text data as a file within a zip archive. C#

bool success = false;

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

Chilkat.Zip zip = new Chilkat.Zip();

string zipPath = "c:/temp/test.zip";

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

// Append a file that will contain the string "Hello World";
string fileContent = "Hello World";
string pathInZip = "txtFiles/helloWorld.txt";
zip.AddString(pathInZip,fileContent,"utf-8");

zip.FileName = zipPath;
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Success.");