(Lianja) 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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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loZip = createobject("CkZip")

llSuccess = loZip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loZip.LastErrorText
    release loZip
    return
endif

loEntry = loZip.FirstEntry()
if (loZip.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? "This zip archive is empty."
    release loZip
    return
endif

llFinished = .F.
do while llFinished = .F.

    if (loEntry.IsDirectory = .F.) then
        ? loEntry.FileName
    else
        ? "(directory) " + loEntry.FileName
    endif

    loNext = loEntry.NextEntry()
    if (loEntry.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
        llFinished = .T.
    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