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Example for the Zip AppendNew Function

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Demonstrates the Zip AppendNew function.

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Objective-C
#import <CkoZip.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoZipEntry.h>

BOOL success = NO;

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

CkoZip *zip = [[CkoZip alloc] init];

NSString *zipPath = @"c:/temp/qa_output/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 new and empty file to the zip object.
//  This does not write the zip file.  It simply adds an entry
//  that will get processed when the zip is written.
[zip AddEmpty: NO pathInZip: @"empty.txt"];

//  Append another entry..
NSString *pathInZip = @"abc/helloWorld.txt";
[zip AddEmpty: NO pathInZip: pathInZip];

//  Add some data to this entry..
CkoZipEntry *entry = [[CkoZipEntry alloc] init];
[zip EntryOf: pathInZip entry: entry];
[entry AppendString: @"Hello World" charset: @"utf-8"];

//  Write the zip, which contains 2 files:  empty.txt and helloWorld.txt
zip.FileName = zipPath;
success = [zip WriteZipAndClose];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"Success.");