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Zip Append StringBuilder

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Append the contents of a Chilkat StringBuilder object to a .zip.

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require 'chilkat'

success = false

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

zip = Chilkat::CkZip.new()
zipPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/out.zip"

zip.NewZip(zipPath)

sb = Chilkat::CkStringBuilder.new()
i = 0
while i < 100
    sb.AppendLine("This is a test",true)
    i = i + 1
end

zip.AddSb("this_is_a_test.txt",sb,"utf-8")

success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
if (success == false)
    print zip.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Success 1." + "\n";

# Perhaps you want to add a file to an existing .zip
zip2 = Chilkat::CkZip.new()
# Open the .zip we just wrote..
success = zip2.OpenZip(zipPath)

sb.Clear()
i = 0
while i < 100
    sb.AppendLine("This is a test 2",true)
    i = i + 1
end

zip2.AddSb("this_is_a_test_2.txt",sb,"utf-8")

zipPath2 = "c:/temp/qa_output/out2.zip"
zip2.put_FileName(zipPath2)
success = zip2.WriteZipAndClose()
if (success == false)
    print zip2.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Success 2." + "\n";