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Unzip a .zip Archive

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Demonstrates how to open a .zip archive and unzip. The Unzip method extracts the files and directories from a .zip archive and recreates the directory tree rooted at the directory path passed to Unzip. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim zip As ChilkatZip
zip.Initialize("zip")

success = zip.OpenZip("my_files.zip")
If success <> True Then
    Log(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim unzipCount As Int

'  Returns the number of files and directories unzipped.
'  Unzips to /my_files, re-creating the directory tree
'  from the .zip.
unzipCount = zip.Unzip("/my_files")
If unzipCount < 0 Then
    Log(zip.LastErrorText)
Else
    Log("Success!")
End If