C#

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. C#

bool success = false;

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

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

success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/EC16100.zip");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Get the 1st file in the .zip
Chilkat.ZipEntry entry = new Chilkat.ZipEntry();
success = zip.EntryAt(0,entry);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

string fileContents = entry.UnzipToString(0,"utf-8");
Debug.WriteLine(fileContents);