(Visual Basic 6.0) Modify Name of File Stored within Zip when Creating a .zip

Demonstrates how to create a zip where the filename within the .zip is different than the filename that was added from the filesystem.

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

Dim zip As New ChilkatZip

' Intialize the zip object by calling NewZip.
Dim success As Long
success = zip.NewZip("myZip.zip")

' Add a reference to a file on disk to the zip object.
' (When appending files to a zip, the files are not actually
' read into memory.  References to the file(s) are added.
' When WriteZip is called, the referenced files are streamed in
' and compressed to the .zip.)
Dim saveExtraPath As Long
saveExtraPath = 0
success = zip.AppendOneFileOrDir("/temp/a/hamlet.xml",saveExtraPath)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' The zip object references a single file.
' Retrieve the entry object...
Dim entry As ChilkatZipEntry
Set entry = zip.GetEntryByIndex(0)

' Set the entry's filename to anything you want:
entry.FileName = "somethingElse.xml"

' Note: Internally, the zip component retains the name of
' the file referenced.  The current setting of the zip entry's
' FileName property is stored in the .zip when writing.

' The zip written here will contain somethingElse.xml
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
Else
    Debug.Print "Zip created!"
End If