(Lianja) Create Zip with utf-8 Filenames (Unicode filenames)

Demonstrates how to create a .zip archive that stores the filenames using the utf-8 character encoding. This allows for filenames of any language to be within a single Zip.

Note: utf-8 is the multibyte encoding for Unicode. When a Zip compression product declares that it supports Unicode filenames, what it really means is that it is capable of reading/writing utf-8. WinZip added support for Unicode (utf-8) filenames starting with version 11.2.

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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

// To zip using utf-8 filenames, set the OemCodePage = 65001
loZip.OemCodePage = 65001

llRecurse = .T.
llSuccess = loZip.AppendFiles("/temp/NonEnglishFilenames/*",llRecurse)

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

? "Zip Created!"


release loZip