How to create a new ZIP file and add something to it.
Example 3.1. Creating a ZIP file
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; -- examples/example3.bb
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; -- Quick example of creating a new zip archive
; -- and adding some files to it.
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; Include required libraries
Include "../Blitz_Basic_Bank.bb"
Include "../Blitz_File_FileName.bb"
Include "../Blitz_File_ZipApi.bb"
; Open our new archive
Local zipOut = ZipApi_CreateZip("my-test.zip")
; Add some test files
ZipApi_AddFile(zipOut, "example1.bb")
ZipApi_AddFile(zipOut, "example2.bb")
ZipApi_AddFile(zipOut, "example3.bb")
; Create a bank, and add that too!
Local testData$ = "I never existed as a file!"
Local bankToAdd = CreateBank(Len(testData) + 1)
PokeString(bankToAdd, 0, testData)
ZipApi_AddBankAsFile(zipOut, bankToAdd, "test-file.txt")
FreeBank bankToAdd
; Close the zip
ZipApi_CloseZip(zipOut)
; We're all done, so let's check it out
Local zipIn = ZipApi_Open("my-test.zip")
; Get some information
Local zipInfo.ZIPAPI_GlobalInfo = ZipApi_GetGlobalInfo(zipIn)
Print "my-test.zip contains " + zipInfo\NumberOfEntries + " entries"
; Cleanup
ZipApi_Close(zipIn)
Delete zipInfo