(Visual Basic 6.0) Zip and Keep Open

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Zip a directory tree by calling WriteZip instead of WriteZipAndClose. When WriteZip is called, the created zip is automatically opened and the zip object contains references to the compressed zip entries (mapped entries) contained within the .zip.

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

Dim zip As New ChilkatZip
Dim success As Long

Dim zipPath As String
zipPath = "c:/temp/myFiles.zip"

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

' Append references to files to be zipped.
Dim recurse As Long
recurse = 1
success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/files_to_zip/*",recurse)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Write the .zip, but don't close the zip file.
' The zip file we just created is automatically opened and the zip object
' now contains entries that are contained within the zip.  (They are memory-mapped entries)
success = zip.WriteZip()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Successfully created " & zipPath

' Let's look at what's in the .zip we just created..

Dim numEntries As Long
numEntries = zip.NumEntries
Dim i As Long
i = 0

Dim entry As ChilkatZipEntry

Do While i < numEntries
    Set entry = zip.GetEntryByIndex(i)
    If (entry.IsDirectory) Then
        Debug.Print i & ": " & entry.FileName & " (directory)"
    Else
        Debug.Print i & ": " & entry.FileName
    End If

    i = i + 1
Loop

' Close the zip file when finished.
zip.CloseZip