(VB.NET) Example for the Zip AppendNewDir Function

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

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Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim zip As New Chilkat.Zip

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

' Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
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 Boolean = True

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

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


Debug.WriteLine("Success.")