VBScript

Extract a Single ZIP Entry While Preserving Its Stored Path

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This example demonstrates how to use the ZipEntry.Extract method to extract a single entry from a ZIP archive.

The example first creates a ZIP archive containing a text file. It then re-opens the ZIP, finds the entry, and extracts it to a base directory.

The Extract method uses the relative path stored within the ZIP entry. Any required subdirectories are created automatically beneath the specified base directory.

VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

' ------------------------------------------------------------
' First create a sample ZIP archive containing a small text file.

set zip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

success = zip.NewZip("c:/temp/sampleText.zip")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Add a small text file from memory.
success = zip.AddString("myApp/docs/hello.txt","Hello from a ZIP entry!","utf-8")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Write the ZIP archive to disk and close it.
success = zip.WriteZipAndClose()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' ------------------------------------------------------------
' Now open the ZIP archive we just created.

set zip2 = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

success = zip2.OpenZip("c:/temp/sampleText.zip")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip2.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Find the entry by its stored ZIP path.
set entry = CreateObject("Chilkat.ZipEntry")

success = zip2.EntryOf("myApp/docs/hello.txt",entry)

If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Entry not found.")
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Extract this single entry to the base directory:
' 
'     c:/temp/extracted
' 
' Because the entry's stored path is:
' 
'     myApp/docs/hello.txt
' 
' the file will be extracted to:
' 
'     qa_output/extracted/myApp/docs/hello.txt
' 
' The required subdirectories are created automatically.
success = entry.Extract("c:/temp/extracted")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(entry.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

zip2.CloseZip 

outFile.WriteLine("Entry extracted successfully.")

outFile.Close