(VBScript) Transition from Zip.AppendString to Zip.AddString

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated AppendString method calls with AddString.

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

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Zip")
set zip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

' ...
' ...
pathInZip = "example.txt"
textData = "This is a test"

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The AppendString method is deprecated:

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

' ...
' ...

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Do the equivalent using AddString.

' Instead of returning the zip entry object, we just return success/failure.
success = zip.AddString(pathInZip,textData,"utf-8")
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.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.ZipEntry")
set ze = CreateObject("Chilkat.ZipEntry")
index = zip.NumEntries - 1
success = zip.EntryAt(index,ze)

outFile.Close