(MFC) Zip a Directory Tree

Demonstrates how to zip an entire directory tree into a .zip archive.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkZip.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkZip zip;

    bool success = zip.NewZip("test.zip");
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(zip.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Append a directory tree.  The call to AppendFiles does
    // not read the file contents or append them to the zip
    // object in memory.  It simply appends references
    // to the files so that when WriteZip or WriteZipAndClose 
    // is called, the referenced files are streamed and compressed
    // into the .zip output file.

    bool recurse = true;
    success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",recurse);
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(zip.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(zip.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    strOut.append("Zip Created!");
    strOut.append("\r\n");


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }