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Zip Append StringBuilder

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Append the contents of a Chilkat StringBuilder object to a .zip.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loZip
LOCAL lcZipPath
LOCAL loSb
LOCAL i
LOCAL loZip2
LOCAL lcZipPath2

lnSuccess = 0

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

loZip = CreateObject('Chilkat.Zip')
lcZipPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/out.zip"

loZip.NewZip(lcZipPath)

loSb = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
i = 0
DO WHILE i < 100
    loSb.AppendLine("This is a test",1)
    i = i + 1
ENDDO

loZip.AddSb("this_is_a_test.txt",loSb,"utf-8")

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

? "Success 1."

* Perhaps you want to add a file to an existing .zip
loZip2 = CreateObject('Chilkat.Zip')
* Open the .zip we just wrote..
lnSuccess = loZip2.OpenZip(lcZipPath)

loSb.Clear()
i = 0
DO WHILE i < 100
    loSb.AppendLine("This is a test 2",1)
    i = i + 1
ENDDO

loZip2.AddSb("this_is_a_test_2.txt",loSb,"utf-8")

lcZipPath2 = "c:/temp/qa_output/out2.zip"
loZip2.FileName = lcZipPath2
lnSuccess = loZip2.WriteZipAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loZip2.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    RELEASE loSb
    RELEASE loZip2
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Success 2."

RELEASE loZip
RELEASE loSb
RELEASE loZip2