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Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Unzip Encrypted Text into a String Variable

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Demonstrates how to open an encrypted .zip archive and unzip a text file directly into a string variable.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oZip
LOCAL oEntry
LOCAL nLineEndingBehavior
LOCAL cSrcCharset
LOCAL cStrCsv

nSuccess := 0

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

oZip := CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

//  Set the password required for decrypting.
oZip:DecryptPassword := "myPassword"

nSuccess := oZip:OpenZip("encrypted.zip")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oZip:LastErrorText
    oZip:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Locate the file within the Zip to be unzipped into a string variable:
oEntry := CreateObject("Chilkat.ZipEntry")
nSuccess := oZip:EntryMatching("*.csv", oEntry)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oZip:LastErrorText
    oZip:destroy()
    oEntry:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  lineEndingBehavior:
//  0 = leave unchanged.
//  1 = convert all to bare LF's
//  2 = convert all to CRLF's
nLineEndingBehavior := 0
cSrcCharset := "utf-8"

cStrCsv := oEntry:UnzipToString(nLineEndingBehavior, cSrcCharset)
? cStrCsv

oZip:destroy()
oEntry:destroy()