Classic ASP

Zip a Directory Tree

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

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Classic ASP

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<%
success = 0

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

set zip = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

success = zip.NewZip("test.zip")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( zip.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' 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.

recurse = 1
success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",recurse)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( zip.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( zip.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Zip Created!") & "</pre>"

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