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Create Password Protected Zip containing a Single File.

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Create a password-protected .zip containing a single file. (This uses the older Zip 2.0 encryption scheme, which is weaker and not as secure as AES encryption, which Chilkat Zip also supports.)

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Node.js
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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var zip = new chilkat.Zip();

    success = zip.NewZip("test.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    zip.SetPassword("secret");
    zip.PasswordProtect = true;

    var saveExtraPath;
    saveExtraPath = false;
    success = zip.AddFile("/temp/hamlet.xml",saveExtraPath);

    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("Zip Created!");

}

chilkatExample();