(VBScript) Add Text Files to a ZIP Using AddString

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This example demonstrates how to use the AddString method to add multiple text files directly from string variables into a ZIP archive.

Each string is converted to bytes using the specified character encoding and stored as a separate file entry within the ZIP archive.

This method is useful for dynamically generating small text files such as configuration files, reports, JSON documents, XML, or log files entirely in memory.

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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)

success = 0

set zip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

success = zip.NewZip("stringEntries.zip")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Add a README text file.
readmeText = "This ZIP archive was created using AddString."

success = zip.AddString("docs/readme.txt",readmeText,"utf-8")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Add a JSON configuration file.
jsonText = "{ ""server"": ""example.com"", ""port"": 443 }"

success = zip.AddString("config/settings.json",jsonText,"utf-8")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Add a small XML document.
xmlText = "<root><status>OK</status></root>"

success = zip.AddString("xml/status.xml",xmlText,"utf-8")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Write the ZIP archive to disk and close it.
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("ZIP archive created successfully.")

outFile.Close