(Delphi ActiveX) Remove an Entry from an Existing ZIP Using DeleteEntry

This example demonstrates how to use the DeleteEntry method to remove a file from an existing ZIP archive.

The example:

• Creates a ZIP archive containing three text files
• Opens the ZIP archive for modification
• Finds and deletes one entry
• Writes the modified ZIP archive to a new filename

Suppose the original ZIP archive contains:

a.txt
b.txt
c.txt

After deleting b.txt, the modified ZIP archive contains:

a.txt
c.txt

The entry is removed only from the in-memory ZIP object until a Write* method is called.

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

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
zip: TChilkatZip;
charset: WideString;
zip2: TChilkatZip;
entry: TChilkatZipEntry;

begin
success := 0;

success := 0;

// ------------------------------------------------------------
// First create a ZIP archive containing three text files.

zip := TChilkatZip.Create(Self);

success := zip.NewZip('original.zip');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

charset := 'utf-8';

success := zip.AddString('a.txt','Contents of file A',charset);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

success := zip.AddString('b.txt','Contents of file B',charset);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

success := zip.AddString('c.txt','Contents of file C',charset);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Write the ZIP archive to disk.
// 
// The ZIP now contains:
// 
//     a.txt
//     b.txt
//     c.txt
// 
success := zip.WriteZipAndClose();
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// ------------------------------------------------------------
// Open the existing ZIP archive for modification.

zip2 := TChilkatZip.Create(Self);

success := zip2.OpenZip('original.zip');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip2.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Find the entry named "b.txt".
entry := TChilkatZipEntry.Create(Self);

success := zip2.EntryOf('b.txt',entry.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip2.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Remove the entry from the in-memory ZIP object.
// 
// At this point, the original ZIP file on disk is unchanged.
// The deletion takes effect only after WriteZip or
// WriteZipAndClose is called.
success := zip2.DeleteEntry(entry.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip2.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Write the modified ZIP archive to a new file.
zip2.FileName := 'modified.zip';

success := zip2.WriteZipAndClose();
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(zip2.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// The modified ZIP now contains:
// 
//     a.txt
//     c.txt
// 

Memo1.Lines.Add('ZIP archive updated successfully.');
end;