(PureBasic) Transition from Zip.AppendString2 to Zip.AddString

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendString2 method calls with AddString.

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

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IncludeFile "CkZip.pb"
IncludeFile "CkZipEntry.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    zip.i = CkZip::ckCreate()
    If zip.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; ...
    ; ...
    pathInZip.s = "example.txt"
    textData.s = "This is a test"
    charset.s = "utf-8"

    ; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; The AppendString method is deprecated:

    entryObj.i = CkZip::ckAppendString2(zip,pathInZip,textData,charset)
    If CkZip::ckLastMethodSuccess(zip) = 0
        Debug CkZip::ckLastErrorText(zip)
        CkZip::ckDispose(zip)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; ...
    ; ...

    CkZipEntry::ckDispose(entryObj)

    ; ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; Do the equivalent using AddString.

    ; Instead of returning the zip entry object, we just return success/failure.
    success.i = CkZip::ckAddString(zip,pathInZip,textData,charset)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkZip::ckLastErrorText(zip)
        CkZip::ckDispose(zip)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Do the following if you need the zip entry object for what was just appended.
    ; The newly appended entry is the last one.
    ze.i = CkZipEntry::ckCreate()
    If ze.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    index.i = CkZip::ckNumEntries(zip) - 1
    CkZip::ckEntryAt(zip,index,ze)


    CkZip::ckDispose(zip)
    CkZipEntry::ckDispose(ze)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure