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Add Files to a ZIP Using AddFile

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This example demonstrates how to use the AddFile method to add files from the local filesystem to a ZIP archive.

The example adds two files:

• One file with its relative directory path preserved
• One file stored using only its filename

The AddFile method adds references to local filesystem files. The files are not actually read or compressed until a Write* method is called.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oZip
LOCAL nSaveExtraPath

nSuccess := 0

oZip := CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

nSuccess := oZip:NewZip("addFileExample.zip")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oZip:LastErrorText
    oZip:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Add a file and preserve its relative directory structure
//  within the ZIP archive.
//  
//  The following file:
//      c:/projects/app/docs/readme.txt
//  
//  Will be stored in the ZIP as:
//      projects/app/docs/readme.txt
//  
nSaveExtraPath := 1
nSuccess := oZip:AddFile("c:/projects/app/docs/readme.txt", nSaveExtraPath)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oZip:LastErrorText
    oZip:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Add a file using only the filename in the ZIP archive.
//  
//  The following file:
//      c:/temp/logo.png
//  
//  Will be stored in the ZIP as:
//      logo.png
//  
nSaveExtraPath := 0
nSuccess := oZip:AddFile("c:/temp/logo.png", nSaveExtraPath)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oZip:LastErrorText
    oZip:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Write the ZIP archive to disk and close it.
//  The source files are consumed at this time.
nSuccess := oZip:WriteZipAndClose()
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oZip:LastErrorText
    oZip:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "ZIP archive created successfully."

oZip:destroy()