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Delphi ActiveX Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Transition from Zip.FirstMatchingEntry to Zip.EntryMatching

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated FirstMatchingEntry method calls with EntryMatching.

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var
success: Integer;
zip: TChilkatZip;
pattern: WideString;
entryObj: IChilkatZipEntry;
ze: TChilkatZipEntry;

begin
success := 0;

zip := TChilkatZip.Create(Self);

//  ...
//  ...
pattern := '*.txt';

//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  The FirstMatchingEntry method is deprecated:

entryObj := zip.FirstMatchingEntry(pattern);
if (zip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  ...
//  ...

//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  Do the equivalent using EntryMatching.
//  Your application creates a new, empty ZipEntry object which is passed 
//  in the last argument and filled upon success.

ze := TChilkatZipEntry.Create(Self);
success := zip.EntryMatching(pattern,ze.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;