Dart

Create Self-Extracting Executable (Windows-only)

Demonstrates how to create a Windows self-extracting EXE. Dart

import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  final zip = CkZip();

  // Called periodically while a Chilkat method is running
  // (frequency controlled by the heartbeatMs property).
  zip.onAbortCheck = () {
    return false; // return true to abort the method in progress
  };
  zip.onPercentDone = (pctDone) {
    print('Percent Done: $pctDone');
    // Explicitly abort at 25% or greater.
    // Remove this to allow for the HTTP download to run to completion.
    if (pctDone > 25) {
      return true; // abort the Chilkat method in progress
    }
    return false; // return true to abort the method in progress
  };
  zip.onProgressInfo = (name, value) {
    print('$name: $value');
  };

  // Initialize the zip object.  Because we're creating
  // a self-extracting EXE in this example, the filename
  // passed to NewZip will never actually be created.
  try {
    zip.newZip('notUsed.zip');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Append a directory tree.  The AppendFiles does
  // not read the file contents or append them to the zip
  // object in memory.  It simply appends references
  // to the files so that when WriteExe (or WriteZipAndClose,
  // or WriteZip, etc.) is called, the files are compressed
  // and added to the archive.
  final recurse = true;
  zip.appendFiles('c:/temp/a/*', recurse);

  // Write "sfx.exe"
  try {
    zip.writeExe('c:/temp/sfx.exe');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }
}