Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Transition from Zip.AppendBd to Zip.AddBd

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendBd method calls with AddBd. Delphi ActiveX

var
success: Integer;
zip: TChilkatZip;
pathInZip: WideString;
bd: TChilkatBinData;
entryObj: IChilkatZipEntry;
ze: TChilkatZipEntry;
index: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

zip := TChilkatZip.Create(Self);

//  ...
//  ...

pathInZip := 'example.dat';

bd := TChilkatBinData.Create(Self);
bd.LoadFile('c:/someDir/example.dat');

//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  The AppendBd method is deprecated:
//  AppendBd returns the zip entry object, which is usually not needed.

entryObj := zip.AppendBd(pathInZip,bd.ControlInterface);
if (zip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  ...
//  ...

//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Do the equivalent using AddBd.

//  Instead of returning the zip entry object, we just return success/failure.
success := zip.AddBd(pathInZip,bd.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Do the following if you need the zip entry object for what was just appended.
//  The newly appended entry is the last one.
ze := TChilkatZipEntry.Create(Self);
index := zip.NumEntries - 1;
zip.EntryAt(index,ze.ControlInterface);