PureBasic

Create Zip with utf-8 Filenames (Unicode filenames)

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Demonstrates how to create a .zip archive that stores the filenames using the utf-8 character encoding. This allows for filenames of any language to be within a single Zip.

Note: utf-8 is the multibyte encoding for Unicode. When a Zip compression product declares that it supports Unicode filenames, what it really means is that it is capable of reading/writing utf-8. WinZip added support for Unicode (utf-8) filenames starting with version 11.2.

PureBasic

IncludeFile "CkZip.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 0

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

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

    success = CkZip::ckNewZip(zip,"test.zip")
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkZip::ckLastErrorText(zip)
        CkZip::ckDispose(zip)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; To zip using utf-8 filenames, set the OemCodePage = 65001
    CkZip::setCkOemCodePage(zip, 65001)

    recurse.i = 1
    success = CkZip::ckAppendFiles(zip,"/temp/NonEnglishFilenames/*",recurse)

    success = CkZip::ckWriteZipAndClose(zip)
    If success <> 1
        Debug CkZip::ckLastErrorText(zip)
        CkZip::ckDispose(zip)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    Debug "Zip Created!"


    CkZip::ckDispose(zip)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure