Visual Basic 6.0 Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Example for the Zip AppendNewDir Function

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Demonstrates the Zip AppendNewDir function. 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/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)

'  AddEmpty is used when you wish to add a directory or empty file to the zip
'  such that when the zip is unzipped, the directory will be created
'  even if it contains no files.

Dim dirFlag As Long
dirFlag = 1

success = zip.AddEmpty(dirFlag,"dirA")
success = zip.AddEmpty(dirFlag,"dirB")
success = zip.AddEmpty(dirFlag,"dirC")

'  Write the zip, which contains 3 empty directories: dirA, dirB, dirC.
zip.FileName = zipPath
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Success."