Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Replace/Update a FIle in a .zip

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Demonstrates how to replace/update a file from a .zip. Note: This requires the entire .zip to be rewritten. Delphi ActiveX

var
success: Integer;
zip: TChilkatZip;
charset: WideString;
zip2: TChilkatZip;
entry: TChilkatZipEntry;

begin
success := 0;

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

//  First prepare a .zip and write it..
zip := TChilkatZip.Create(Self);

zip.NewZip('qa_output/abc.zip');

//  Add some files..
charset := 'utf-8';
zip.AddString('a.txt','aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa',charset);
zip.AddString('b.txt','bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb',charset);
zip.AddString('c.txt','cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc',charset);

//  Write to qa_output/abc.zip
//  This .zip contains three files: a.txt, b.txt, and c.txt
success := zip.WriteZipAndClose();

//  -------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Open abc.zip, replace the content of the "b.txt" entry with something else, and re-write.
zip2 := TChilkatZip.Create(Self);
zip2.OpenZip('qa_output/abc.zip');

entry := TChilkatZipEntry.Create(Self);
if (zip2.EntryOf('b.txt',entry.ControlInterface) = 1) then
  begin
    entry.ReplaceString('This is the new content.  bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb','utf-8');
  end;

//  Write the modified .zip back to "abc.zip"
success := zip2.WriteZipAndClose();

Memo1.Lines.Add('success.');