Visual FoxPro

Add Files to a ZIP Using AddFile

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This example demonstrates how to use the AddFile method to add files from the local filesystem to a ZIP archive.

The example adds two files:

• One file with its relative directory path preserved
• One file stored using only its filename

The AddFile method adds references to local filesystem files. The files are not actually read or compressed until a Write* method is called.

Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loZip
LOCAL lnSaveExtraPath

lnSuccess = 0

loZip = CreateObject('Chilkat.Zip')

lnSuccess = loZip.NewZip("addFileExample.zip")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Add a file and preserve its relative directory structure
* within the ZIP archive.
* 
* The following file:
*     c:/projects/app/docs/readme.txt
* 
* Will be stored in the ZIP as:
*     projects/app/docs/readme.txt
* 
lnSaveExtraPath = 1
lnSuccess = loZip.AddFile("c:/projects/app/docs/readme.txt",lnSaveExtraPath)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Add a file using only the filename in the ZIP archive.
* 
* The following file:
*     c:/temp/logo.png
* 
* Will be stored in the ZIP as:
*     logo.png
* 
lnSaveExtraPath = 0
lnSuccess = loZip.AddFile("c:/temp/logo.png",lnSaveExtraPath)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Write the ZIP archive to disk and close it.
* The source files are consumed at this time.
lnSuccess = loZip.WriteZipAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "ZIP archive created successfully."

RELEASE loZip