(PowerShell) 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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$zip = New-Object Chilkat.Zip
$zipPath = "c:/temp/qa_output/out.zip"

$zip.NewZip($zipPath)

$sb = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$i = 0
while ($i -lt 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 -eq $false) {
    $($zip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Success 1.")

# Perhaps you want to add a file to an existing .zip
$zip2 = New-Object Chilkat.Zip
# Open the .zip we just wrote..
$success = $zip2.OpenZip($zipPath)

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

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

$zipPath2 = "c:/temp/qa_output/out2.zip"
$zip2.FileName = $zipPath2
$success = $zip2.WriteZipAndClose()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($zip2.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Success 2.")