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Unicode C

Append String as a File to a Zip

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Demonstrates how to append text data as a file within a zip archive.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkZipW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZipW zip;
    const wchar_t *zipPath;
    const wchar_t *fileContent;
    const wchar_t *pathInZip;

    success = FALSE;

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

    zip = CkZipW_Create();

    zipPath = L"c:/temp/test.zip";

    //  Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
    CkZipW_NewZip(zip,zipPath);

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

    CkZipW_putFileName(zip,zipPath);
    success = CkZipW_WriteZipAndClose(zip);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Success.\n");


    CkZipW_Dispose(zip);

    }