Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Transition from Zip.AppendNew to Zip.AddEmpty

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendNew method calls with AddEmpty. Delphi ActiveX

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

begin
success := 0;

zip := TChilkatZip.Create(Self);

//  ...
//  ...
pathInZip := 'example.dat';

//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  The AppendNew method is deprecated:

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

//  ...
//  ...

//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Do the equivalent using AddEmpty.

//  Indicate the newly appended entry is not a directory entry.
isDir := 0;

success := zip.AddEmpty(isDir,pathInZip);
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);