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Modify Name of File Stored within Zip when Creating a .zip

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Demonstrates how to create a zip where the filename within the .zip is different than the filename that was added from the filesystem. PowerShell

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

$success = $false

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

$zip = New-Object Chilkat.Zip

#  Intialize the zip object by calling NewZip.
$success = $zip.NewZip("myZip.zip")

#  Add a reference to a file on disk to the zip object.
#  (When appending files to a zip, the files are not actually
#  read into memory.  References to the file(s) are added.
#  When WriteZip is called, the referenced files are streamed in
#  and compressed to the .zip.)
$saveExtraPath = $false
$success = $zip.AddFile("/temp/a/hamlet.xml",$saveExtraPath)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($zip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  The zip object references a single file.
#  Retrieve the entry object...
$entry = New-Object Chilkat.ZipEntry
$zip.EntryAt(0,$entry)

#  Set the entry's filename to anything you want:
$entry.FileName = "somethingElse.xml"

#  Note: Internally, the zip component retains the name of
#  the file referenced.  The current setting of the zip entry's
#  FileName property is stored in the .zip when writing.

#  The zip written here will contain somethingElse.xml
$success = $zip.WriteZipAndClose()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($zip.LastErrorText)
}
else {
    $("Zip created!")
}