(PowerBuilder) Transition from Zip.AppendString to Zip.AddString

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendString method calls with AddString.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Zip
string ls_PathInZip
string ls_TextData
oleobject loo_EntryObj
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Ze
integer li_Index

loo_Zip = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Zip" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Zip.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Zip")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Zip
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// ...
// ...
ls_PathInZip = "example.txt"
ls_TextData = "This is a test"

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The AppendString method is deprecated:

loo_EntryObj = loo_Zip.AppendString(ls_PathInZip,ls_TextData)
if loo_Zip.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Zip.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Zip
    return
end if

// ...
// ...

destroy loo_EntryObj

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Do the equivalent using AddString.

// Instead of returning the zip entry object, we just return success/failure.
li_Success = loo_Zip.AddString(ls_PathInZip,ls_TextData,"utf-8")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Zip.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Zip
    return
end if

// Do the following if you need the zip entry object for what was just appended.
// The newly appended entry is the last one.
loo_Ze = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.ZipEntry" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Ze.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.ZipEntry")

li_Index = loo_Zip.NumEntries - 1
loo_Zip.EntryAt(li_Index,loo_Ze)


destroy loo_Zip
destroy loo_Ze