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Zip a Directory Tree

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

Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oZip = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Zip")

$bSuccess = $oZip.NewZip("test.zip")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oZip.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  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.

Local $bRecurse = True
$bSuccess = $oZip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",$bRecurse)
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oZip.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$bSuccess = $oZip.WriteZipAndClose()
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oZip.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("Zip Created!" & @CRLF)