Delphi DLL

Create Zip with utf-8 Filenames (Unicode filenames)

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Demonstrates how to create a .zip archive that stores the filenames using the utf-8 character encoding. This allows for filenames of any language to be within a single Zip.

Note: utf-8 is the multibyte encoding for Unicode. When a Zip compression product declares that it supports Unicode filenames, what it really means is that it is capable of reading/writing utf-8. WinZip added support for Unicode (utf-8) filenames starting with version 11.2.

Delphi DLL

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Zip;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Boolean;
zip: HCkZip;
recurse: Boolean;

begin
success := False;

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

zip := CkZip_Create();

success := CkZip_NewZip(zip,'test.zip');
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkZip__lastErrorText(zip));
    Exit;
  end;

// To zip using utf-8 filenames, set the OemCodePage = 65001
CkZip_putOemCodePage(zip,65001);

recurse := True;
success := CkZip_AppendFiles(zip,'/temp/NonEnglishFilenames/*',recurse);

success := CkZip_WriteZipAndClose(zip);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkZip__lastErrorText(zip));
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Zip Created!');

CkZip_Dispose(zip);

end;