VBScript

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)

success = 0

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

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 and close the zip file (and clears the zip object).
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Successfully created " & zipPath)

' If the following files existed under c:/temp/files_to_zip

' c:/temp/files_to_zip/aaa/pigs.json
' c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/base64Cert.txt
' c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
' c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
' c:/temp/files_to_zip/bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
' c:/temp/files_to_zip/hamlet.xml
' c:/temp/files_to_zip/hello.pdf

' then the zip we created would contain:

' aaa/pigs.json
' bbb/base64Cert.txt
' bbb/sub1/brasil_cert.pem
' bbb/sub2/penguins.gif
' bbb/sub2/starfish.jpg
' hamlet.xml
' hello.pdf

outFile.Close