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Create Password Protected Zip containing a Single File.

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Create a password-protected .zip containing a single file. (This uses the older Zip 2.0 encryption scheme, which is weaker and not as secure as AES encryption, which Chilkat Zip also supports.)

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C
#include <C_CkZip.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZip zip;
    BOOL saveExtraPath;

    success = FALSE;

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

    zip = CkZip_Create();

    success = CkZip_NewZip(zip,"test.zip");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    CkZip_SetPassword(zip,"secret");
    CkZip_putPasswordProtect(zip,TRUE);

    saveExtraPath = FALSE;
    success = CkZip_AddFile(zip,"/temp/hamlet.xml",saveExtraPath);

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

    printf("Zip Created!\n");


    CkZip_Dispose(zip);

    }