VBScript Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Zip One File

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Zip a single file. 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 zip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

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

'  In this example, the file we wish to zip is /temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt

'  Add a reference to a single file by calling AddFile
'  Note: You may use either forward or backward slashes.
saveExtraPath = 0
success = zip.AddFile("/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt",saveExtraPath)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  A .zip containing "HelloWorld123.txt" with no path information has been created.
outFile.WriteLine("Zip Created!")

'  Perhaps you want to include a path in the .zip such that when unzipping, a sub-directory
'  is automatically created and the file unzipped into it.  Use PathPrefix:

'  (We'll skip checking the success/failure return value.)

'  Set a PathPrefix to get the relative path you want:
'  The .zip will contain this entry: "myApp/HelloWorld123.txt";
success = zip.NewZip("test2.zip")
zip.PathPrefix = "myApp/"
success = zip.AddFile("/temp/abc123/HelloWorld123.txt",saveExtraPath)
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()

outFile.Close