VBScript

Append String as a File to a Zip

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Demonstrates how to append text data as a file within a zip archive. 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

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

set zip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

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)

' Append a file that will contain the string "Hello World";
fileContent = "Hello World"
pathInZip = "txtFiles/helloWorld.txt"
success = zip.AddString(pathInZip,fileContent,"utf-8")

zip.FileName = zipPath
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Success.")

outFile.Close