Creating a ZIP file on Windows (XP/2003) in C/C++

Question

I am looking for a way to create a ZIP file from a folder in Windows C/C++ APIs. I can find the way to do this in VBScript using the Shell32.Application CopyHere method, and

Answer 1

EDIT: This answer is old, but I cannot delete it because it was accepted. See the next one

https://stackoverflow.com/a/121720/3937

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There is sample code to do that here

[EDIT: Link is now broken]

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/31056644/using-shfileoperation-to.aspx

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Edit: From the comments, this code only works on existing zip file, but @Simon provided this code to create a blank zip file

FILE* f = fopen("path", "wb");
fwrite("\x50\x4B\x05\x06\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 22, 1, f);
fclose(f);