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program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Zip;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  zip: TZip;
  zipPath: string;
  recurse: Boolean;

begin
  success := False;

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

  zip := TZip.Create;

  zipPath := 'c:/temp/myFiles.zip';

  //  Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
  zip.NewZip(zipPath);

  //  Append references to files to be zipped.
  recurse := True;
  success := zip.AppendFiles('c:/temp/files_to_zip/*',recurse);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(zip.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Write the .zip and close the zip file (and clears the zip object).
  success := zip.WriteZipAndClose();
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(zip.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  WriteLn('Successfully created ' + zipPath);

  //  If the following files existed under c:/temp/files_to_zip

  //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/aaa/pigs.json
  //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/base64Cert.txt
  //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
  //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
  //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
  //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/hamlet.xml
  //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/hello.pdf

  //  then the zip we created would contain:

  //  aaa/pigs.json
  //  bbb/base64Cert.txt
  //  bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
  //  bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
  //  bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
  //  hamlet.xml
  //  hello.pdf


  zip.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.