Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Modify Name of File Stored within Zip when Creating a .zip

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Demonstrates how to create a zip where the filename within the .zip is different than the filename that was added from the filesystem. Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

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.ZipEntry,
  Chilkat.Zip;

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

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  zip: TZip;
  saveExtraPath: Boolean;
  entry: TZipEntry;

begin
  success := False;

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

  zip := TZip.Create;

  //  Intialize the zip object by calling NewZip.
  success := zip.NewZip('myZip.zip');

  //  Add a reference to a file on disk to the zip object.
  //  (When appending files to a zip, the files are not actually
  //  read into memory.  References to the file(s) are added.
  //  When WriteZip is called, the referenced files are streamed in
  //  and compressed to the .zip.)
  saveExtraPath := False;
  success := zip.AddFile('/temp/a/hamlet.xml',saveExtraPath);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(zip.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  The zip object references a single file.
  //  Retrieve the entry object...
  entry := TZipEntry.Create;
  zip.EntryAt(0,entry);

  //  Set the entry's filename to anything you want:
  entry.FileName := 'somethingElse.xml';

  //  Note: Internally, the zip component retains the name of
  //  the file referenced.  The current setting of the zip entry's
  //  FileName property is stored in the .zip when writing.

  //  The zip written here will contain somethingElse.xml
  success := zip.WriteZipAndClose();
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(zip.LastErrorText);
    end
  else
    begin
      WriteLn('Zip created!');
    end;


  zip.Free;
  entry.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.