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

Dim zip As New Chilkat.Zip
Dim success As Boolean

Dim zipPath As String
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.
Dim recurse As Boolean
recurse = True
success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/temp/files_to_zip/*",recurse)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Write the .zip and close the zip file (and clears the zip object).
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("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