(Xojo Plugin) Zip -- Exclude Files Based on Wildcard Matching

Demonstrates how to use the SetExclusions method to exclude matching files from being added to a .zip.

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// This example requires 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
success = zip.NewZip("qa_output/x.zip")

// Let's add files from the directory tree rooted at C:\AAWorkarea\ChilkatSampleProjects

// However.. we want to exclude all files ending in ".cache" or ".pdb" regardless of the sub-directory.
// Also exclude all files under any "obj" directory,
// and we also want to exclude any .exe found under a "win10-x64" directory.

Dim saExcludes As New Chilkat.StringArray
success = saExcludes.Append("*.cache")
success = saExcludes.Append("*.pdb")
success = saExcludes.Append("*/obj/*")
success = saExcludes.Append("*/win10-x64/*.exe")
zip.SetExclusions saExcludes

// Append promises of paths and files to be zipped.
Dim recurse As Boolean
recurse = True
success = zip.AppendFiles("c:/AAWorkArea/ChilkatSampleProjects/*",recurse)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Create the zip from the file and directory promises added previously.
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Success.")