(PowerShell) Append String as a File to a Zip

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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/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 file that will contain the string "Hello World";
$fileContent = "Hello World"
$pathInZip = "txtFiles/helloWorld.txt"
$zip.AddString($pathInZip,$fileContent,"utf-8")

$zip.FileName = $zipPath
$success = $zip.WriteZipAndClose()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($zip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Success.")