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Lianja Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Iterate Over ZIP Entries Using EntryAt

This example demonstrates how to use the EntryAt method to iterate over all entries contained within a ZIP archive.

The EntryAt method retrieves a ZipEntry object for a given zero-based index.

This is useful for:

  • Enumerating all entries in a ZIP archive
  • Inspecting filenames, sizes, and timestamps
  • Searching or filtering ZIP contents

Suppose the ZIP archive contains:

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

The example loops through all ZIP entries and prints information about each entry.

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llSuccess = .F.

//  Open an existing ZIP archive.
loZip = createobject("CkZip")

llSuccess = loZip.OpenZip("example.zip")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    release loZip
    return
endif

//  Get the total number of entries in the ZIP archive.
lnNumEntries = loZip.NumEntries

? "Number of ZIP entries = " + str(lnNumEntries)

//  Create a ZipEntry object that will be reused
//  for each entry retrieved by EntryAt.
loEntry = createobject("CkZipEntry")

//  Iterate over all ZIP entries.
i = 0
do while i < lnNumEntries

    //  Retrieve the entry at index i.
    llSuccess = loZip.EntryAt(i,loEntry)
    if (llSuccess = .F.) then
        ? loZip.LastErrorText
        release loZip
        release loEntry
        return
    endif

    ? "Entry " + str(i)
    ? "  FileName: " + loEntry.FileName
    ? "  Uncompressed Length: " + str(loEntry.UncompressedLength)
    ? "  Compressed Length: " + str(loEntry.CompressedLength)
    ? ""

    i = i + 1
enddo

//  Sample output:
//  
//  Entry 0
//    FileName: docs/readme.txt
//    Uncompressed Length: 1204
//    Compressed Length: 512
//  
//  Entry 1
//    FileName: images/logo.png
//    Uncompressed Length: 84211
//    Compressed Length: 84102
//  

loZip.CloseZip()

? "Done."


release loZip
release loEntry