(PowerBuilder) Zip

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Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Zip
integer li_Success
string ls_ZipPath
integer li_Recurse

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

loo_Zip = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Zip" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Zip.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Zip")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Zip
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

ls_ZipPath = "c:/temp/myFiles.zip"

// Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
loo_Zip.NewZip(ls_ZipPath)

// Append references to files to be zipped.
li_Recurse = 1
li_Success = loo_Zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/files_to_zip/*",li_Recurse)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Zip.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Zip
    return
end if

// Write the .zip and close the zip file (and clears the zip object).
li_Success = loo_Zip.WriteZipAndClose()
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Zip.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Zip
    return
end if

Write-Debug "Successfully created " + ls_ZipPath

// If the following files existed under c:/temp/files_to_zip

// c:/temp/files_to_zip/aaa/pigs.json
// c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/base64Cert.txt
// c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
// c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
// c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
// c:/temp/files_to_zip/hamlet.xml
// c:/temp/files_to_zip/hello.pdf

// then the zip we created would contain:

// aaa/pigs.json
// bbb/base64Cert.txt
// bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
// bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
// bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
// hamlet.xml
// hello.pdf


destroy loo_Zip