(C) Append String as a File to a Zip

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Demonstrates how to append text data as a file within a zip archive.

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#include <C_CkZip.h>
#include <C_CkZipEntry.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkZip zip;
    BOOL success;
    const char *zipPath;
    const char *fileContent;
    const char *pathInZip;
    HCkZipEntry entry;

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

    zip = CkZip_Create();

    zipPath = "c:/temp/test.zip";

    // Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
    CkZip_NewZip(zip,zipPath);

    // Append a file that will contain the string "Hello World";
    fileContent = "Hello World";
    pathInZip = "txtFiles/helloWorld.txt";
    entry = CkZip_AppendString(zip,pathInZip,fileContent);
    CkZipEntry_Dispose(entry);

    CkZip_putFileName(zip,zipPath);
    success = CkZip_WriteZipAndClose(zip);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    printf("Success.\n");


    CkZip_Dispose(zip);

    }