(PureBasic) Zip Files in a Date Range

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Demonstrates how to use the Zip.MinDate and Zip.MaxDate properties to zip only those files with a last-modified date within a date range.

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

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IncludeFile "CkZip.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

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

    success.i

    zip.i = CkZip::ckCreate()
    If zip.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    zipPath.s = "c:/temp/qa_output/out.zip"

    ; Initialize the zip object with the path of the .zip to be created.
    CkZip::ckNewZip(zip,zipPath)

    ; The MinDate and MaxDate properties use the timestamp date/time string format.
    ; Here are some examples:
    ; YYYY-MM-DD (e.g., 2024-07-31)
    ; YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS�HH:MM (e.g., 2024-07-31T12:34:56+02:00)
    ; 2024-07-31T12:34:56Z (the "Z" denotes Zulu time, or UTC)

    ; Only append files having a last-modified date greater than 1-Jan-2017
    CkZip::setCkMinDate(zip, "2017-01-01T00:00:00Z")

    ; Also, only append files having a last-modified date less than the end of 2020
    CkZip::setCkMaxDate(zip, "2020-12-31T23:59:59Z")

    ; You don't need to specify both MinDate and MaxDate.
    ; You can specify only one or the other if needed.

    ; The MinDate/MaxDate properties apply to all of the Chilkat methods for appending files.

    ; Recursively append to the zip object the paths of the files and directories in a directory tree.
    ; At this point we are not creating the .zip, nor are we reading the contents of the files.
    ; We are simply appending references to the files and directories in the local filesystem
    ; that will get processed when WriteZip is called.
    recurse.i = 1
    success = CkZip::ckAppendFiles(zip,"c:/temp/files_to_zip",recurse)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkZip::ckLastErrorText(zip)
        CkZip::ckDispose(zip)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkZip::setCkFileName(zip, zipPath)
    success = CkZip::ckWriteZip(zip)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkZip::ckLastErrorText(zip)
        CkZip::ckDispose(zip)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkZip::ckCloseZip(zip)

    Debug "Success"


    CkZip::ckDispose(zip)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure