(Lianja) Unzip Encrypted Text into a String Variable

Demonstrates how to open an encrypted .zip archive and unzip a text file directly into a string variable.

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

loZip = createobject("CkZip")

// Set the password required for decrypting.
loZip.DecryptPassword = "myPassword"

llSuccess = loZip.OpenZip("encrypted.zip")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    release loZip
    return
endif

// Locate the file within the Zip to be unzipped into a string variable:
loEntry = loZip.FirstMatchingEntry("*.csv")
if (loZip.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? "No matching entry found."
    release loZip
    return
endif

// lineEndingBehavior:
// 0 = leave unchanged.
// 1 = convert all to bare LF's
// 2 = convert all to CRLF's
lnLineEndingBehavior = 0
lcSrcCharset = "utf-8"

lcStrCsv = loEntry.UnzipToString(lnLineEndingBehavior,lcSrcCharset)
? lcStrCsv
release loEntry


release loZip