(C#) List Files in Zip using FirstEntry/NextEntry

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Demonstrates how to iterate over the files and directories in a zip archive using the FirstEntry and NextEntry functions.

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

Chilkat.Zip zip = new Chilkat.Zip();

bool success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.ZipEntry entry = zip.FirstEntry();
if (zip.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine("This zip archive is empty.");
    return;
}

bool finished = false;
while (finished == false) {

    if (entry.IsDirectory == false) {
        Debug.WriteLine(entry.FileName);
    }
    else {
        Debug.WriteLine("(directory) " + entry.FileName);
    }

    Chilkat.ZipEntry next = entry.NextEntry();
    if (entry.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        finished = true;
    }

    entry = next;
}

// Sample output showing both file and directory entries:

// a1.xml
// b1.xml
// c1.xml
// (directory) dir1/
// dir1/a2.xml
// dir1/c2.xml
// (directory) dir2/
// (directory) dir2/dir3/
// dir2/dir3/c3.xml