Perl

Add Binary Data to a ZIP Using AddBd

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This example demonstrates how to use the AddBd method to add binary data from a BinData object as a file entry within a ZIP archive.

The data is created entirely in memory, added to the ZIP as data/binary.dat, and then written to disk.

Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

# Create a new ZIP archive.
my $zip = Chilkat2::Zip->new;

my $success = $zip->NewZip('inMemoryData.zip');
if (!$success) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Create a BinData object containing binary content.
my $bd = Chilkat2::BinData->new;

# Append some bytes as hexadecimal.
# The decoded bytes will become the contents of the ZIP entry.
$success = $bd->AppendEncoded('000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F', 'hex');
if (!$success) {
    print $bd->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Add the BinData contents as a file entry within the ZIP.
# The file will be stored as "data/binary.dat" inside the ZIP archive.
$success = $zip->AddBd('data/binary.dat', $bd);
if (!$success) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Write the ZIP archive to disk and close it.
$success = $zip->WriteZipAndClose();
if (!$success) {
    print $zip->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

print "ZIP archive created successfully.\n";