Visual FoxPro

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. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loZip
LOCAL lcZipPath
LOCAL lcFileContent
LOCAL lcPathInZip

lnSuccess = 0

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

loZip = CreateObject('Chilkat.Zip')

lcZipPath = "c:/temp/test.zip"

* Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
loZip.NewZip(lcZipPath)

* Append a file that will contain the string "Hello World";
lcFileContent = "Hello World"
lcPathInZip = "txtFiles/helloWorld.txt"
loZip.AddString(lcPathInZip,lcFileContent,"utf-8")

loZip.FileName = lcZipPath
lnSuccess = loZip.WriteZipAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Success."

RELEASE loZip