VBScript

Transition from Zip.AppendNew to Zip.AddEmpty

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendNew method calls with AddEmpty. VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

set zip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

' ...
' ...
pathInZip = "example.dat"

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The AppendNew method is deprecated:

' entryObj is a Chilkat.ZipEntry
Set entryObj = zip.AppendNew(pathInZip)
If (zip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' ...
' ...

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Do the equivalent using AddEmpty.

' Indicate the newly appended entry is not a directory entry.
isDir = 0

success = zip.AddEmpty(isDir,pathInZip)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
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.
set ze = CreateObject("Chilkat.ZipEntry")
index = zip.NumEntries - 1
success = zip.EntryAt(index,ze)

outFile.Close