Visual Basic 6.0

Add Text from a StringBuilder to a ZIP Using AddSb

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This example demonstrates how to use the AddSb method to add text from a StringBuilder object as a file entry within a ZIP archive.

The text is converted to bytes using the specified character encoding before being stored in the ZIP archive.

This method is useful for dynamically generating text files entirely in memory without creating temporary files on disk.

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim zip As New ChilkatZip

success = zip.NewZip("stringBuilderData.zip")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Create a StringBuilder containing text data.
Dim sb As New ChilkatStringBuilder

success = sb.AppendLine("Line 1: Hello World!",1)
success = sb.AppendLine("Line 2: This text came from a StringBuilder.",1)

' Add the StringBuilder contents as a UTF-8 text file
' stored in the ZIP archive as "docs/readme.txt".
success = zip.AddSb("docs/readme.txt",sb,"utf-8")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Write the ZIP archive to disk and close it.
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "ZIP archive created successfully."