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B4X Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

List Files in Zip using EntryAt / GetNext

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the files and directories in a zip archive using EntryAt/GetNext.

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Dim success As Boolean = False

'  This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
'  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim zip As ChilkatZip
zip.Initialize("zip")

success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
If success = False Then
    Log(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim entry As ChilkatZipEntry
entry.Initialize("entry")
Dim hasMoreEntries As Boolean = zip.EntryAt(0, entry)
Do While (hasMoreEntries = True)
    If entry.IsDirectory = False Then
        Log(entry.FileName)
    Else
        Log("(directory) " & entry.FileName)
    End If

    hasMoreEntries = entry.GetNext
Loop

'  Sample output showing both file and directory entries:

'  a1.xml
'  b1.xml
'  c1.xml
'  (directory) dir1/
'  dir1/a2.xml
'  dir1/c2.xml
'  (directory) dir2/
'  (directory) dir2/dir3/
'  dir2/dir3/c3.xml