Visual Basic 6.0

Iterate over Matching Filenames

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Iterates over files within a .zip that match a pattern. In this case, the pattern is "*.pem". This example will open a .zip containing files of type .txt, .cer, .pem, and possibly others, and will iterate over only the .pem files. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim zip As New ChilkatZip

' Open a .zip containing PEM files, among other things..
success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/certs/thawte-roots.zip")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim entry As New ChilkatZipEntry
Dim pemStr As String
Dim pattern As String
pattern = "*.pem"

Dim bHasMoreMatches As Long
bHasMoreMatches = zip.EntryMatching(pattern,entry)
Do While bHasMoreMatches = 1

    Debug.Print "Entry: " & entry.FileName

    ' Get the uncommpressed contents of the entry:
    pemStr = entry.UnzipToString(0,"utf-8")
    Debug.Print pemStr

    bHasMoreMatches = entry.GetNextMatch(pattern)
Loop