Unzip an AES Encrypted Text File directly into a String Variable

A common need is to unzip from an AES encrypted Zip archive directly into a string variable, such that the unencrypted file never resides on disk, even temporarily. This example shows how to do it.

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import sys
import chilkat

zip = chilkat.CkZip()

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = zip.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if (success != True):
    print zip.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  This example opens a WinZip-compatible AES encrypted
#  .zip that contains a single file: hamlet.xml.

#  It decrypts and unzips hamlet.xml directly into a string
#  variable.
zip.SetPassword("secret")
success = zip.OpenZip("hamlet.zip")
if (success != True):
    print zip.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

entry = zip.GetEntryByName("hamlet.xml")
if (not (entry == None )):
    xmlText = entry.inflateToString2()
    print xmlText

else:
    print "Failed to find entry in zip"