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Unzip Text File to String

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Demonstrates how to open a .zip and extract the 1st file (assuming it's a text file) to a string variable.

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C
#include <C_CkZip.h>
#include <C_CkZipEntry.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZip zip;
    HCkZipEntry entry;
    const char *fileContents;

    success = FALSE;

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

    zip = CkZip_Create();

    success = CkZip_OpenZip(zip,"qa_data/zips/EC16100.zip");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    // Get the 1st file in the .zip
    entry = CkZipEntry_Create();
    success = CkZip_EntryAt(zip,0,entry);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkZip_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZip_Dispose(zip);
        CkZipEntry_Dispose(entry);
        return;
    }

    fileContents = CkZipEntry_unzipToString(entry,0,"utf-8");
    printf("%s\n",fileContents);


    CkZip_Dispose(zip);
    CkZipEntry_Dispose(entry);

    }