(VBScript) 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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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Zip")
set zip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

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.
recurse = 1
success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/files_to_zip/*",recurse)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
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
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Successfully created " & zipPath)

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

numEntries = zip.NumEntries
i = 0

Do While i < numEntries
    ' entry is a Chilkat.ZipEntry
    Set entry = zip.GetEntryByIndex(i)
    If (entry.IsDirectory) Then
        outFile.WriteLine(i & ": " & entry.FileName & " (directory)")
    Else
        outFile.WriteLine(i & ": " & entry.FileName)
    End If

    i = i + 1
Loop

' Close the zip file when finished.
zip.CloseZip 

outFile.Close