(VBScript) 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

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 requires 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")

success = zip.NewZip("test.zip")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
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.

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

success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Zip Created!")

outFile.Close