(VBScript) 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.

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")

' Intialize the zip object by calling NewZip.
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.)
saveExtraPath = 0
success = zip.AppendOneFileOrDir("/temp/a/hamlet.xml",saveExtraPath)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' The zip object references a single file.
' Retrieve the entry object...

' entry is a Chilkat.ZipEntry
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
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
Else
    outFile.WriteLine("Zip created!")
End If


outFile.Close