(Delphi ActiveX) Zip

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Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the ActiveX DLL.

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;
recurse: Integer;

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/myFiles.zip';

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

// Append references to files to be zipped.
recurse := 1;
success := zip.AppendFiles('c:/temp/files_to_zip/*',recurse);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Write the .zip and close the zip file (and clears the zip object).
success := zip.WriteZipAndClose();
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

Memo1.Lines.Add('Successfully created ' + 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
end;