(Objective-C) 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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#import <CkoZip.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoZipEntry.h>

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

CkoZip *zip = [[CkoZip alloc] init];
BOOL success;

NSString *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";
NSString *fileContent = @"Hello World";
NSString *pathInZip = @"txtFiles/helloWorld.txt";
CkoZipEntry *entry = [zip AppendString: pathInZip str: fileContent];

zip.FileName = zipPath;
success = [zip WriteZipAndClose];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@",@"Success.");