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#include <CkZipW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkZipW zip;

    const wchar_t *zipPath = L"c:/temp/myFiles.zip";

    //  Initialize the zip object, which also sets the FileName property to the path of the zip to be created.
    zip.NewZip(zipPath);

    //  Append references to files to be zipped.
    bool recurse = true;
    success = zip.AppendFiles(L"c:/temp/files_to_zip/*",recurse);
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Write the .zip and close the zip file (and clears the zip object).
    success = zip.WriteZipAndClose();
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",zip.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Successfully created %s\n",zipPath);

    //  If the following files existed under c:/temp/files_to_zip

    //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/aaa/pigs.json
    //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/base64Cert.txt
    //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
    //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
    //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
    //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/hamlet.xml
    //  c:/temp/files_to_zip/hello.pdf

    //  then the zip we created would contain:

    //  aaa/pigs.json
    //  bbb/base64Cert.txt
    //  bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
    //  bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
    //  bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
    //  hamlet.xml
    //  hello.pdf
    }