Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

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. Delphi ActiveX

var
success: Integer;
zip: TChilkatZip;
zipPath: WideString;
fileContent: WideString;
pathInZip: WideString;

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);

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

zip.FileName := zipPath;
success := zip.WriteZipAndClose();
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

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