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Visual Basic 6.0 Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Example for the Zip AppendNew Function

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Demonstrates the Zip AppendNew function.

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Visual Basic 6.0
Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim zip As New ChilkatZip

Dim zipPath As String
zipPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/test.zip"

'  Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
success = zip.NewZip(zipPath)

'  Append a new and empty file to the zip object.
'  This does not write the zip file.  It simply adds an entry
'  that will get processed when the zip is written.
success = zip.AddEmpty(0,"empty.txt")

'  Append another entry..
Dim pathInZip As String
pathInZip = "abc/helloWorld.txt"
success = zip.AddEmpty(0,pathInZip)

'  Add some data to this entry..
Dim entry As New ChilkatZipEntry
success = zip.EntryOf(pathInZip,entry)
success = entry.AppendString("Hello World","utf-8")

'  Write the zip, which contains 2 files:  empty.txt and helloWorld.txt
zip.FileName = zipPath
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Success."