(Tcl) Transition from Zip.GetEntryByName to Zip.EntryOf

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated GetEntryByName method calls with EntryOf.

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

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load ./chilkat.dll

set zip [new_CkZip]

# ...
# ...
set pathInZip "example.txt"

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The GetEntryByName method is deprecated:

# entryObj is a CkZipEntry
set entryObj [CkZip_GetEntryByName $zip $pathInZip]
if {[CkZip_get_LastMethodSuccess $zip] == 0} then {
    puts [CkZip_lastErrorText $zip]
    delete_CkZip $zip
    exit
}

# ...
# ...

delete_CkZipEntry $entryObj

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

set ze [new_CkZipEntry]

set success [CkZip_EntryOf $zip $pathInZip $ze]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkZip_lastErrorText $zip]
    delete_CkZip $zip
    delete_CkZipEntry $ze
    exit
}


delete_CkZip $zip
delete_CkZipEntry $ze