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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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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loZip
LOCAL lnSaveExtraPath

lnSuccess = 0

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

loZip = CreateObject('Chilkat.Zip')

lnSuccess = loZip.NewZip("test.zip")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loZip.SetPassword("secret")
loZip.PasswordProtect = 1

lnSaveExtraPath = 0
lnSuccess = loZip.AddFile("/temp/hamlet.xml",lnSaveExtraPath)

lnSuccess = loZip.WriteZipAndClose()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Zip Created!"

RELEASE loZip