(CkPython) 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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import sys
import chilkat

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

zip = chilkat.CkZip()

success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
if (success != True):
    print(zip.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

# entry is a CkZipEntry
entry = zip.FirstEntry()
if (zip.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
    print("This zip archive is empty.")
    sys.exit()

finished = False
while finished == False :

    if (entry.get_IsDirectory() == False):
        print(entry.fileName())
    else:
        print("(directory) " + entry.fileName())

    # next is a CkZipEntry
    next = entry.NextEntry()
    if (entry.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
        finished = True

    # entry is a CkZipEntry
    entry = next

# 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