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Transition from Zip.AppendNew to Zip.AddEmpty

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendNew method calls with AddEmpty. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

$zip = New-Object Chilkat.Zip

# ...
# ...
$pathInZip = "example.dat"

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The AppendNew method is deprecated:

$entryObj = $zip.AppendNew($pathInZip)
if ($zip.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($zip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# ...
# ...

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Do the equivalent using AddEmpty.

# Indicate the newly appended entry is not a directory entry.
$isDir = $false

$success = $zip.AddEmpty($isDir,$pathInZip)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($zip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Do the following if you need the zip entry object for what was just appended.
# The newly appended entry is the last one.
$ze = New-Object Chilkat.ZipEntry
$index = $zip.NumEntries - 1
$zip.EntryAt($index,$ze)