(Lianja) Zip a Directory Tree

Demonstrates how to zip an entire directory tree into a .zip archive.

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

loZip = createobject("CkZip")

llSuccess = loZip.NewZip("test.zip")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    release loZip
    return
endif

// Append a directory tree.  The call to AppendFiles does
// not read the file contents or append them to the zip
// object in memory.  It simply appends references
// to the files so that when WriteZip or WriteZipAndClose 
// is called, the referenced files are streamed and compressed
// into the .zip output file.

llRecurse = .T.
llSuccess = loZip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",llRecurse)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    release loZip
    return
endif

llSuccess = loZip.WriteZipAndClose()
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    release loZip
    return
endif

? "Zip Created!"


release loZip