(Visual Basic 6.0) Transition from Zip.AppendString2 to Zip.AddString

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendString2 method calls with AddString.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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Dim zip As New ChilkatZip

' ...
' ...
Dim pathInZip As String
pathInZip = "example.txt"
Dim textData As String
textData = "This is a test"
Dim charset As String
charset = "utf-8"

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The AppendString method is deprecated:

Dim entryObj As ChilkatZipEntry
Set entryObj = zip.AppendString2(pathInZip,textData,charset)
If (zip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' ...
' ...

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Do the equivalent using AddString.

' Instead of returning the zip entry object, we just return success/failure.
Dim success As Long
success = zip.AddString(pathInZip,textData,charset)
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)