(C#) Create Self-Extracting Executable (Windows-only)

Demonstrates how to create a Windows self-extracting EXE.

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// AbortCheck callback method.
private void zip_OnAbortCheck(object sender, Chilkat.AbortCheckEventArgs args)
    {
    
    }

// PercentDone callback method.
private void zip_OnPercentDone(object sender, Chilkat.PercentDoneEventArgs args)
    {
    int percentDone = args.PercentDone;
    Debug.WriteLine("Percent Done: " + Convert.ToString(percentDone));
    // Explicitly abort at 25% or greater.
    // Remove this to allow for the HTTP download to run to completion.
    if (percentDone > 25) {
        args.Abort = true;
    }
    }

// ProgressInfo callback method.
private void zip_OnProgressInfo(object sender, Chilkat.ProgressInfoEventArgs args)
    {
    string name = args.Name;
    string value = args.Value;
    Debug.WriteLine(name + ": " + value);
    }

private void ChilkatExample()
    {
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

bool success;

Chilkat.Zip zip = new Chilkat.Zip();
zip.OnAbortCheck += zip_OnAbortCheck;
zip.OnPercentDone += zip_OnPercentDone;
zip.OnProgressInfo += zip_OnProgressInfo;

// Initialize the zip object.  Because we're creating
// a self-extracting EXE in this example, the filename
// passed to NewZip will never actually be created.
success = zip.NewZip("notUsed.zip");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Append a directory tree.  The 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 WriteExe (or WriteZipAndClose,
// or WriteZip, etc.) is called, the files are compressed
// and added to the archive.
bool recurse = true;
zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",recurse);

// Write "sfx.exe"
bool success = zip.WriteExe("c:/temp/sfx.exe");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

    }