(Mono C#) Zip Append StringBuilder

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Append the contents of a Chilkat StringBuilder object to a .zip.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v10.0.0 or later.

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// 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();
string zipPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/out.zip";

zip.NewZip(zipPath);

Chilkat.StringBuilder sb = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
int i = 0;
while (i < 100) {
    sb.AppendLine("This is a test",true);
    i = i + 1;
}

zip.AppendSb("this_is_a_test.txt",sb,"utf-8");

success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Success 1.");

// Perhaps you want to add a file to an existing .zip
Chilkat.Zip zip2 = new Chilkat.Zip();
// Open the .zip we just wrote..
success = zip2.OpenZip(zipPath);

sb.Clear();
i = 0;
while (i < 100) {
    sb.AppendLine("This is a test 2",true);
    i = i + 1;
}

zip2.AppendSb("this_is_a_test_2.txt",sb,"utf-8");

string zipPath2 = "c:/temp/qa_output/out2.zip";
zip2.FileName = zipPath2;
success = zip2.WriteZipAndClose();
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip2.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Success 2.");