(Mono C#) Create Self-Extracting Executable (Windows-only)

Demonstrates how to create a Windows self-extracting EXE.

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// AbortCheck callback method.
public void handleAbortCheck(out bool abort)
    {
    // Application code goes here.
    }

// PercentDone callback method.
public void handlePercentDone(int pctDone, out bool abort)
    {
    // Application code goes here.
    }

// ProgressInfo callback method.
public void handleProgressInfo(string name, string value)
    {
    // Application code goes here.
    }

private void ChilkatExample()
    {
// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

bool success;

Chilkat.Zip zip = new Chilkat.Zip();

Chilkat.Zip.AbortCheck abortCheck = new Chilkat.Zip.AbortCheck(handleAbortCheck);
zip.setAbortCheckCb(abortCheck);

Chilkat.Zip.PercentDone percentDone = new Chilkat.Zip.PercentDone(handlePercentDone);
zip.setPercentDoneCb(percentDone);

Chilkat.Zip.ProgressInfo progressInfo = new Chilkat.Zip.ProgressInfo(handleProgressInfo);
zip.setProgressInfoCb(progressInfo);

// Initialize the zip object.  Because we're creating
// a self-extracting EXE in this example, the filename
// passed to NewZip will never actually be created.
success = zip.NewZip("notUsed.zip");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Append a directory tree.  The 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 WriteExe (or WriteZipAndClose,
// or WriteZip, etc.) is called, the files are compressed
// and added to the archive.
bool recurse = true;
zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",recurse);

// Write "sfx.exe"
bool success = zip.WriteExe("c:/temp/sfx.exe");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

    }