(DataFlex) Extract Only Newer Files Using UnzipNewer

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This example demonstrates how to use the UnzipNewer method to extract only those ZIP entries that are newer than existing files already present on disk.

This is useful for:

• Updating previously extracted ZIP contents
• Avoiding unnecessary overwriting of unchanged files
• Incremental deployment or synchronization scenarios
• Faster extraction when many files are already up-to-date

Suppose the ZIP archive contains:

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

And suppose the target extraction directory already contains:

c:/temp/app/docs/readme.txt
c:/temp/app/images/logo.png

If the ZIP version of docs/readme.txt is newer than the existing file on disk, it will be extracted and overwrite the existing file.

If the existing images/logo.png file is already newer or has the same timestamp, it will not be overwritten.

Files that do not yet exist on disk are extracted normally.

The UnzipNewer method returns the number of files extracted, or -1 if the operation fails.

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

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoZip
    Integer iNumFilesUnzipped
    String sTemp1

    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 "qa_data/zips/applicationUpdate.zip" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoZip To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // ------------------------------------------------------------
    // Extract only ZIP entries that are newer than the
    // corresponding files already existing on disk.
    // 
    // Existing files that are already up-to-date are skipped.
    // 
    Get ComUnzipNewer Of hoZip "c:/temp/app" To iNumFilesUnzipped

    If (iNumFilesUnzipped < 0) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoZip To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Showln "Number of files extracted = " iNumFilesUnzipped
    Showln ""

    // ------------------------------------------------------------
    // Example behavior:
    // 
    // ZIP contains:
    // 
    //     docs/readme.txt
    //     images/logo.png
    //     data/config.json
    // 
    // Existing filesystem files:
    // 
    //     c:/temp/app/docs/readme.txt
    //     c:/temp/app/images/logo.png
    // 
    // If the ZIP version of docs/readme.txt is newer,
    // it will overwrite the existing file.
    // 
    // If c:/temp/app/images/logo.png is already newer,
    // it will be skipped.
    // 
    // data/config.json will be extracted if it does not
    // already exist.
    // 

    Send ComCloseZip To hoZip

    Showln "UnzipNewer completed successfully."


End_Procedure