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#include <C_CkZip.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkZip zip;
    BOOL success;
    const char *zipPath;
    BOOL recurse;

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

    zip = CkZip_Create();

    zipPath = "c:/temp/myFiles.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 references to files to be zipped.
    recurse = TRUE;
    success = CkZip_AppendFiles(zip,"c:/temp/files_to_zip/*",recurse);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    // Write the .zip and close the zip file (and clears the zip object).
    success = CkZip_WriteZipAndClose(zip);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    printf("Successfully created %s\n",zipPath);

    // If the following files existed under c:/temp/files_to_zip

    // c:/temp/files_to_zip/aaa/pigs.json
    // c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/base64Cert.txt
    // c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
    // c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
    // c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
    // c:/temp/files_to_zip/hamlet.xml
    // c:/temp/files_to_zip/hello.pdf

    // then the zip we created would contain:

    // aaa/pigs.json
    // bbb/base64Cert.txt
    // bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
    // bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
    // bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
    // hamlet.xml
    // hello.pdf


    CkZip_Dispose(zip);

    }