(PowerShell) Transition from Zip.FirstMatchingEntry to Zip.EntryMatching

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated FirstMatchingEntry method calls with EntryMatching.

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

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$zip = New-Object Chilkat.Zip

# ...
# ...
$pattern = "*.txt"

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The FirstMatchingEntry method is deprecated:

$entryObj = $zip.FirstMatchingEntry($pattern)
if ($zip.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($zip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# ...
# ...

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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 = New-Object Chilkat.ZipEntry
$success = $zip.EntryMatching($pattern,$ze)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($zip.LastErrorText)
    exit
}