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Unicode C

Transition from Zip.AppendNew to Zip.AddEmpty

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendNew method calls with AddEmpty.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkZipW.h>
#include <C_CkZipEntryW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZipW zip;
    const wchar_t *pathInZip;
    HCkZipEntryW entryObj;
    BOOL isDir;
    HCkZipEntryW ze;
    int index;

    success = FALSE;

    zip = CkZipW_Create();

    //  ...
    //  ...
    pathInZip = L"example.dat";

    //  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  The AppendNew method is deprecated:

    entryObj = CkZipW_AppendNew(zip,pathInZip);
    if (CkZipW_getLastMethodSuccess(zip) == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    //  ...
    //  ...

    CkZipEntryW_Dispose(entryObj);

    //  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Do the equivalent using AddEmpty.

    //  Indicate the newly appended entry is not a directory entry.
    isDir = FALSE;

    success = CkZipW_AddEmpty(zip,isDir,pathInZip);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    //  Do the following if you need the zip entry object for what was just appended.
    //  The newly appended entry is the last one.
    ze = CkZipEntryW_Create();
    index = CkZipW_getNumEntries(zip) - 1;
    CkZipW_EntryAt(zip,index,ze);


    CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
    CkZipEntryW_Dispose(ze);

    }