(Delphi ActiveX) Append String as a File to a Zip

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Demonstrates how to append text data as a file within a zip archive.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
zip: TChilkatZip;
success: Integer;
zipPath: WideString;
fileContent: WideString;
pathInZip: WideString;
entry: IChilkatZipEntry;

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

zip := TChilkatZip.Create(Self);

zipPath := 'c:/temp/test.zip';

// Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
zip.NewZip(zipPath);

// Append a file that will contain the string "Hello World";
fileContent := 'Hello World';
pathInZip := 'txtFiles/helloWorld.txt';
entry := zip.AppendString(pathInZip,fileContent);

zip.FileName := zipPath;
success := zip.WriteZipAndClose();
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Success.');
end;