Visual Basic 6.0

Transition from Zip.AppendNew to Zip.AddEmpty

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendNew method calls with AddEmpty. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim zip As New ChilkatZip

' ...
' ...
Dim pathInZip As String
pathInZip = "example.dat"

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The AppendNew method is deprecated:

Dim entryObj As ChilkatZipEntry
Set entryObj = zip.AppendNew(pathInZip)
If (zip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' ...
' ...

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Do the equivalent using AddEmpty.

' Indicate the newly appended entry is not a directory entry.
Dim isDir As Long
isDir = 0

success = zip.AddEmpty(isDir,pathInZip)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Do the following if you need the zip entry object for what was just appended.
' The newly appended entry is the last one.
Dim ze As New ChilkatZipEntry
Dim index As Long
index = zip.NumEntries - 1
success = zip.EntryAt(index,ze)