(Visual FoxPro) 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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LOCAL loZip
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loEntry
LOCAL lnFinished
LOCAL loNext

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

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Zip')
loZip = CreateObject('Chilkat.Zip')

lnSuccess = loZip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

loEntry = loZip.FirstEntry()
IF (loZip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? "This zip archive is empty."
    RELEASE loZip
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnFinished = 0
DO WHILE lnFinished = 0

    IF (loEntry.IsDirectory = 0) THEN
        ? loEntry.FileName
    ELSE
        ? "(directory) " + loEntry.FileName
    ENDIF

    loNext = loEntry.NextEntry()
    IF (loEntry.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
        lnFinished = 1
    ENDIF

    RELEASE loEntry
    loEntry = loNext
ENDDO

* 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

RELEASE loZip