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Unicode C

Unzip Encrypted Text into a String Variable

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

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkZipW.h>
#include <C_CkZipEntryW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZipW zip;
    HCkZipEntryW entry;
    int lineEndingBehavior;
    const wchar_t *srcCharset;
    const wchar_t *strCsv;

    success = FALSE;

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

    zip = CkZipW_Create();

    // Set the password required for decrypting.
    CkZipW_putDecryptPassword(zip,L"myPassword");

    success = CkZipW_OpenZip(zip,L"encrypted.zip");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    // Locate the file within the Zip to be unzipped into a string variable:
    entry = CkZipEntryW_Create();
    success = CkZipW_EntryMatching(zip,L"*.csv",entry);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
        CkZipEntryW_Dispose(entry);
        return;
    }

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

    strCsv = CkZipEntryW_unzipToString(entry,lineEndingBehavior,srcCharset);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",strCsv);


    CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
    CkZipEntryW_Dispose(entry);

    }