React Native Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Replace/Update a FIle in a .zip

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Demonstrates how to replace/update a file from a .zip. Note: This requires the entire .zip to be rewritten. React Native

import { Zip, ZipEntry } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This requires the Chilkat Zip API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Unlock Chilkat Zip for sample code.

  // First prepare a .zip and write it..
  const zip = new Zip();

  zip.newZip('qa_output/abc.zip');

  // Add some files..
  const charset = 'utf-8';
  zip.addString('a.txt', 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa', charset);
  zip.addString('b.txt', 'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb', charset);
  zip.addString('c.txt', 'cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc', charset);

  // Write to qa_output/abc.zip
  // This .zip contains three files: a.txt, b.txt, and c.txt
  await zip.writeZipAndCloseAsync();

  // -------------------------------------------------------------------
  // Open abc.zip, replace the content of the "b.txt" entry with something else, and re-write.
  const zip2 = new Zip();
  await zip2.openZipAsync('qa_output/abc.zip');

  const entry = new ZipEntry();
  if (zip2.entryOf('b.txt', entry)) {
    entry.replaceString('This is the new content.  bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb', 'utf-8');
  }

  // Write the modified .zip back to "abc.zip"
  await zip2.writeZipAndCloseAsync();

  console.log('success.');
}