(Visual Basic 6.0) Zip a Directory Tree

Demonstrates how to zip an entire directory tree into a .zip archive.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

Dim zip As New ChilkatZip

Dim success As Long
success = zip.NewZip("test.zip")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Append a directory tree.  The call to AppendFiles does
' not read the file contents or append them to the zip
' object in memory.  It simply appends references
' to the files so that when WriteZip or WriteZipAndClose 
' is called, the referenced files are streamed and compressed
' into the .zip output file.

Dim recurse As Long
recurse = 1
success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*",recurse)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Zip Created!"