(PowerBuilder) 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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ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Zip
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Entry
integer li_Finished
oleobject loo_Next

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

loo_Zip = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Zip" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Zip.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Zip")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Zip
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

li_Success = loo_Zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Zip.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Zip
    return
end if

loo_Entry = loo_Zip.FirstEntry()
if loo_Zip.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug "This zip archive is empty."
    destroy loo_Zip
    return
end if

li_Finished = 0
do while li_Finished = 0

    if loo_Entry.IsDirectory = 0 then
        Write-Debug loo_Entry.FileName
    else
        Write-Debug "(directory) " + loo_Entry.FileName
    end if

    loo_Next = loo_Entry.NextEntry()
    if loo_Entry.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
        li_Finished = 1
    end if

    destroy loo_Entry
    loo_Entry = loo_Next
loop

// 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


destroy loo_Zip