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Append the contents of a Chilkat StringBuilder object to a .zip.

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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

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

set zip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")
zipPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/out.zip"

success = zip.NewZip(zipPath)

set sb = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
i = 0
Do While i < 100
    success = sb.AppendLine("This is a test",1)
    i = i + 1
Loop

success = zip.AddSb("this_is_a_test.txt",sb,"utf-8")

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

outFile.WriteLine("Success 1.")

' Perhaps you want to add a file to an existing .zip
set zip2 = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")
' Open the .zip we just wrote..
success = zip2.OpenZip(zipPath)

sb.Clear 
i = 0
Do While i < 100
    success = sb.AppendLine("This is a test 2",1)
    i = i + 1
Loop

success = zip2.AddSb("this_is_a_test_2.txt",sb,"utf-8")

zipPath2 = "c:/temp/qa_output/out2.zip"
zip2.FileName = zipPath2
success = zip2.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip2.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Success 2.")

outFile.Close