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Zip Append Files Verbose Logging

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An application can check verbose LastErrorText if the zip.AppendFiles method does not append the expected files, or if it appends nothing.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @zip int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Zip', @zip OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @zip, 'NewZip', @success OUT, 'qa_output/test1.zip'

    -- Turn on verbose logging to get more informaiton in the LastErrorText property.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @zip, 'VerboseLogging', 1

    DECLARE @recurse int
    SELECT @recurse = 1
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @zip, 'AppendFromDir', 'qa_data/syncTree'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @zip, 'AppendFiles', @success OUT, '*', @recurse

    -- Even if AppendFiles is successful, we can examine the LastErrorText property
    -- to see what happend.  (This is true for all Chilkat methods.  The LastErrorText always
    -- contains information even when the method call is successful.  If you have a difficult
    -- time understanding what happened, then turn on VerboseLogging and have a look at it.
    -- Make sure to turn off VerboseLogging for production because it could slow down your application.)
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @zip, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- Here is a sample of the LastErrorText for this test:

    -- ChilkatLog:
    --   AppendFiles(62ms):
    --     DllDate: Feb 10 2019
    --     ChilkatVersion: 9.5.0.76
    --     UnlockPrefix: ***
    --     Architecture: Little Endian; 64-bit
    --     Language: .NET 4.5 / x64 / VS2012
    --     VerboseLogging: 1
    --     Component successfully unlocked using purchased unlock code.
    --     appendFileEx(62ms):
    --       FilePattern: *
    --       AppendFromDir: qa_data/syncTree
    --       PathPrefix: 
    --       BaseDir: c:\appData\UnitTest\qa_data\syncTree\
    --       InzipBase: 
    --       FilenamePart: *
    --       IsSpecificFile: 0
    --       recurse: 1
    --       saveExtraPath: 0
    --       archiveOnly: 0
    --       includeHidden: 1
    --       includeSystem: 1
    --       ignoreAccessDenied: 1
    --       addFilesMax:
    --         addDirNonRecursive:
    --           ffWin32OpenDir_fileSpec: [c:\appData\UnitTest\qa_data\syncTree\*]
    --           ffWin32OpenDir_fileSpec: [c:\appData\UnitTest\qa_data\syncTree\abc\*]
    --           ffWin32OpenDir_fileSpec: [c:\appData\UnitTest\qa_data\syncTree\data\*]
    --           ffWin32OpenDir_fileSpec: [c:\appData\UnitTest\qa_data\syncTree\text\*]
    --           ffWin32OpenDir_fileSpec: [c:\appData\UnitTest\qa_data\syncTree\abc\ghk\*]
    --           ffWin32OpenDir_fileSpec: [c:\appData\UnitTest\qa_data\syncTree\data\xyz\*]
    --           ffWin32OpenDir_fileSpec: [c:\appData\UnitTest\qa_data\syncTree\text\something\*]
    --         --addDirNonRecursive
    --       --addFilesMax
    --       No exclusion patterns.
    --       numAdded: 20
    --     --appendFileEx
    --     Success.
    --   --AppendFiles
    -- --ChilkatLog

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @zip, 'WriteZipAndClose', @success OUT
    IF @success <> 1
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @zip, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @zip
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @zip


END
GO