Xbase++

Zip a Directory Tree

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Demonstrates how to zip an entire directory tree into a .zip archive. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oZip
LOCAL nRecurse

nSuccess := 0

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

oZip := CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

nSuccess := oZip:NewZip("test.zip")
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oZip:LastErrorText
    oZip:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  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.

nRecurse := 1
nSuccess := oZip:AppendFiles("c:/temp/a/*", nRecurse)
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oZip:LastErrorText
    oZip:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oZip:WriteZipAndClose()
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oZip:LastErrorText
    oZip:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Zip Created!"

oZip:destroy()