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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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NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var zip = new chilkat.Zip();

    //  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 = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(zip.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var sbFilename = new chilkat.StringBuilder();

    var entry = new chilkat.ZipEntry();
    var numEntries = zip.NumEntries;
    var i = 0;
    while (i < numEntries) {
        zip.EntryAt(i,entry);

        var entryFilePath = entry.FileName;
        console.log(entryFilePath);

        if (entry.IsDirectory == false) {
            sbFilename.SetString(entryFilePath);
            if (sbFilename.Contains("/",false) == false) {
                //  Does not contain "/"
                //  Unzip to the qa_output directory.
                success = entry.Extract("qa_output");
                if (success == false) {
                    console.log("Failed to unzip " + entryFilePath);
                }
                else {
                    console.log("Unzipped " + entryFilePath);
                }

            }

        }

        i = i+1;
    }


}

chilkatExample();