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Delphi DLL Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Unzip Some Files by Iterating over Entries

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Demonstrates how to unzip specific files by iterating over entries in a .zip.

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var
success: Boolean;
zip: HCkZip;
sbFilename: HCkStringBuilder;
entry: HCkZipEntry;
numEntries: Integer;
i: Integer;
entryFilePath: PWideChar;

begin
success := False;

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

zip := CkZip_Create();

//  Open a .zip containing:
//  
//  a1.xml
//  b1.xml
//  c1.xml
//  dir1/a2.xml
//  dir1/c2.xml
//  dir2/dir3/c3.xml

//  We wish to unzip only a1.xml, b1.xml, and c1.xml
success := CkZip_OpenZip(zip,'qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip');
if (success = False) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkZip__lastErrorText(zip));
    Exit;
  end;

sbFilename := CkStringBuilder_Create();

entry := CkZipEntry_Create();
numEntries := CkZip_getNumEntries(zip);
i := 0;
while i < numEntries do
  begin
    CkZip_EntryAt(zip,i,entry);

    entryFilePath := CkZipEntry__fileName(entry);
    Memo1.Lines.Add(entryFilePath);

    if (CkZipEntry_getIsDirectory(entry) = False) then
      begin
        CkStringBuilder_SetString(sbFilename,entryFilePath);
        if (CkStringBuilder_Contains(sbFilename,'/',False) = False) then
          begin
            //  Does not contain "/"
            //  Unzip to the qa_output directory.
            success := CkZipEntry_Extract(entry,'qa_output');
            if (success = False) then
              begin
                Memo1.Lines.Add('Failed to unzip ' + entryFilePath);
              end
            else
              begin
                Memo1.Lines.Add('Unzipped ' + entryFilePath);
              end;
          end;
      end;

    i := i + 1;
  end;

CkZip_Dispose(zip);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbFilename);
CkZipEntry_Dispose(entry);