Unicode C

Get ZIP Directory Information as XML

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This example demonstrates how to use the GetDirectoryAsXML method to retrieve information about the contents of a ZIP archive as an XML document.

The returned XML describes the files currently contained in the ZIP object

Unicode C

#include <C_CkZipW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZipW zip;
    const wchar_t *xml;

    success = FALSE;

    success = FALSE;

    // Open an existing ZIP archive.
    zip = CkZipW_Create();

    success = CkZipW_OpenZip(zip,L"example.zip");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    // Get the ZIP directory information as XML.
    xml = CkZipW_getDirectoryAsXML(zip);

    wprintf(L"%s\n",xml);

    // Suppose the ZIP contains:

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

    // The XML contains one element for each ZIP entry.
    // Example:
    // 
    // <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    // <zip_contents>
    //     <dir name="data">
    //         <dir name="config">
    //             <file>settings.json</file>
    //         </dir>
    //     </dir>
    //     <dir name="docs">
    //         <file>readme.txt</file>
    //     </dir>
    //     <dir name="images">
    //         <file>logo.png</file>
    //     </dir>
    // </zip_contents>

    CkZipW_CloseZip(zip);

    wprintf(L"Done.\n");


    CkZipW_Dispose(zip);

    }