VBScript

Create a Zip Entirely in Memory

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Demonstrates how to create a .zip from in-memory byte data and strings, and to write the .zip to an in-memory image. VBScript

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

success = 0

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

set crypt = CreateObject("Chilkat.Crypt2")
set zip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

success = zip.NewZip("test.zip")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Add the bytes 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x03 ... 0x0F as a file in the .zip
set bd = CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = bd.AppendEncoded("000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F","hex")
success = zip.AddBd("binaryData.dat",bd)

' Add the string "Hello World!" to the .zip
success = zip.AddString("helloWorld.txt","Hello World!","utf-8")

zipFileInMemory = zip.WriteToMemory()

' We could save these files to a file, and it is a valid .zip
set fac = CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")
success = fac.WriteEntireFile("test.zip",zipFileInMemory)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(fac.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Zip Created!")

outFile.Close