Unicode C

Create Zip with utf-8 Filenames (Unicode filenames)

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Demonstrates how to create a .zip archive that stores the filenames using the utf-8 character encoding. This allows for filenames of any language to be within a single Zip.

Note: utf-8 is the multibyte encoding for Unicode. When a Zip compression product declares that it supports Unicode filenames, what it really means is that it is capable of reading/writing utf-8. WinZip added support for Unicode (utf-8) filenames starting with version 11.2.

Unicode C

#include <C_CkZipW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZipW zip;
    BOOL recurse;

    success = FALSE;

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

    zip = CkZipW_Create();

    success = CkZipW_NewZip(zip,L"test.zip");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    // To zip using utf-8 filenames, set the OemCodePage = 65001
    CkZipW_putOemCodePage(zip,65001);

    recurse = TRUE;
    success = CkZipW_AppendFiles(zip,L"/temp/NonEnglishFilenames/*",recurse);

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

    wprintf(L"Zip Created!\n");


    CkZipW_Dispose(zip);

    }