(Classic ASP) Get ZIP Directory Information as XML

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This example demonstrates how to use the GetDirectoryAsXML method to retrieve information about the contents of a ZIP archive as an XML document.

The returned XML describes the files currently contained in the ZIP object

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

success = 0

' Open an existing ZIP archive.
set zip = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

success = zip.OpenZip("example.zip")
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( zip.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Get the ZIP directory information as XML.
xml = zip.GetDirectoryAsXML()

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( xml) & "</pre>"

' Suppose the ZIP contains:

' data/config/settings.json
' docs/readme.txt
' images/logo.png

' The XML contains one element for each ZIP entry.
' Example:
' 
' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
' <zip_contents>
'     <dir name="data">
'         <dir name="config">
'             <file>settings.json</file>
'         </dir>
'     </dir>
'     <dir name="docs">
'         <file>readme.txt</file>
'     </dir>
'     <dir name="images">
'         <file>logo.png</file>
'     </dir>
' </zip_contents>

zip.CloseZip 

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Done.") & "</pre>"

%>
</body>
</html>