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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.

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkZipW.h>
#include <C_CkZipEntryW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZipW zip;
    const wchar_t *charset;
    HCkZipW zip2;
    HCkZipEntryW entry;

    success = FALSE;

    // 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..
    zip = CkZipW_Create();

    CkZipW_NewZip(zip,L"qa_output/abc.zip");

    // Add some files..
    charset = L"utf-8";
    CkZipW_AddString(zip,L"a.txt",L"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",charset);
    CkZipW_AddString(zip,L"b.txt",L"bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb",charset);
    CkZipW_AddString(zip,L"c.txt",L"cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc",charset);

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

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Open abc.zip, replace the content of the "b.txt" entry with something else, and re-write.
    zip2 = CkZipW_Create();
    CkZipW_OpenZip(zip2,L"qa_output/abc.zip");

    entry = CkZipEntryW_Create();
    if (CkZipW_EntryOf(zip2,L"b.txt",entry) == TRUE) {
        CkZipEntryW_ReplaceString(entry,L"This is the new content.  bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb",L"utf-8");
    }

    // Write the modified .zip back to "abc.zip"
    success = CkZipW_WriteZipAndClose(zip2);

    wprintf(L"success.\n");


    CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
    CkZipW_Dispose(zip2);
    CkZipEntryW_Dispose(entry);

    }