(DataFlex) Iterate Through ZIP Entries Using EntryAt and ZipEntry.GetNext

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This example demonstrates how to iterate through all entries in a ZIP archive using:

• Zip.EntryAt to obtain the first entry
• ZipEntry.GetNext to advance through the remaining entries

The example prints each ZIP entry's stored filename and whether the entry is a file or directory.

This approach is useful when sequentially processing ZIP entries without repeatedly calling EntryAt by index.

Suppose the ZIP archive contains:

docs/
docs/readme.txt
images/logo.png
hello.txt

The example iterates through each entry in the order stored within the ZIP archive.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoZip
    Variant vEntry
    Handle hoEntry
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatZip)) To hoZip
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoZip))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoZip
    End

    // Open an existing ZIP archive.
    Get ComOpenZip Of hoZip "c:/temp/example.zip" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoZip To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // A ZIP archive may contain zero entries.
    Get ComNumEntries Of hoZip To iTemp1
    If (iTemp1 = 0) Begin

        Showln "The ZIP archive is empty."

        Send ComCloseZip To hoZip
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // ------------------------------------------------------------
    // Get the first ZIP entry.
    // 
    // EntryAt(0,entry) initializes the ZipEntry object so that
    // it represents the first entry in the ZIP archive.
    // 
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatZipEntry)) To hoEntry
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoEntry))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoEntry
    End

    Get pvComObject of hoEntry to vEntry
    Get ComEntryAt Of hoZip 0 vEntry To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoZip To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // ------------------------------------------------------------
    // Iterate through all ZIP entries.
    // 
    // GetNext updates the same ZipEntry object so that it
    // represents the next entry in the ZIP archive.
    // 
    While (iSuccess = True)

        Get ComIsDirectory Of hoEntry To bTemp1
        If (bTemp1 = True) Begin

            Get ComFileName Of hoEntry To sTemp1
            Showln "[Directory] " sTemp1

        End
        Else Begin

            Get ComFileName Of hoEntry To sTemp1
            Showln "[File] " sTemp1
        End

        // Advance to the next entry.
        Get ComGetNext Of hoEntry To iSuccess
    Loop

    Send ComCloseZip To hoZip

    Showln "Done."


End_Procedure