Delphi ActiveX

Example for the Zip AppendNewDir Function

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Demonstrates the Zip AppendNewDir function. Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
zip: TChilkatZip;
zipPath: WideString;
dirFlag: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

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

zip := TChilkatZip.Create(Self);

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);

// AddEmpty is used when you wish to add a directory or empty file to the zip
// such that when the zip is unzipped, the directory will be created
// even if it contains no files.

dirFlag := 1;

zip.AddEmpty(dirFlag,'dirA');
zip.AddEmpty(dirFlag,'dirB');
zip.AddEmpty(dirFlag,'dirC');

// Write the zip, which contains 3 empty directories: dirA, dirB, dirC.
zip.FileName := zipPath;
success := zip.WriteZipAndClose();
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');
end;