(PowerShell) Example for the Zip AppendNew Function

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

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

$success = $false

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

$zip = New-Object Chilkat.Zip

$zipPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/test.zip"

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

# Append a new and empty file to the zip object.
# This does not write the zip file.  It simply adds an entry
# that will get processed when the zip is written.
$zip.AddEmpty($false,"empty.txt")

# Append another entry..
$pathInZip = "abc/helloWorld.txt"
$zip.AddEmpty($false,$pathInZip)

# Add some data to this entry..
$entry = New-Object Chilkat.ZipEntry
$zip.EntryOf($pathInZip,$entry)
$entry.AppendString("Hello World","utf-8")

# Write the zip, which contains 2 files:  empty.txt and helloWorld.txt
$zip.FileName = $zipPath
$success = $zip.WriteZipAndClose()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($zip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Success.")