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

    zip := chilkat.NewZip()
    var success bool

    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)
    entry.DisposeZipEntry()

    zip.SetFileName(zipPath)
    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(zip.LastErrorText())
        zip.DisposeZip()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Success.")

    zip.DisposeZip()