Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Transition from Zip.AppendNew to Zip.AddEmpty

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

var
success: Boolean;
zip: HCkZip;
pathInZip: PWideChar;
entryObj: HCkZipEntry;
isDir: Boolean;
ze: HCkZipEntry;
index: Integer;

begin
success := False;

zip := CkZip_Create();

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

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

entryObj := CkZip_AppendNew(zip,pathInZip);
if (CkZip_getLastMethodSuccess(zip) = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkZip__lastErrorText(zip));
    Exit;
  end;

//  ...
//  ...

CkZipEntry_Dispose(entryObj);

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

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

success := CkZip_AddEmpty(zip,isDir,pathInZip);
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkZip__lastErrorText(zip));
    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 := CkZipEntry_Create();
index := CkZip_getNumEntries(zip) - 1;
CkZip_EntryAt(zip,index,ze);

CkZip_Dispose(zip);
CkZipEntry_Dispose(ze);