Node.js

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.

Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

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 !== true) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // To zip using utf-8 filenames, set the OemCodePage = 65001
    zip.OemCodePage = 65001;

    var recurse = true;
    success = zip.AppendFiles("/temp/NonEnglishFilenames/*",recurse);

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

    console.log("Zip Created!");

}

chilkatExample();