Unicode C

Unzip Text File to String

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Demonstrates how to open a .zip and extract the 1st file (assuming it's a text file) to a string variable. Unicode C

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkZipW zip;
    HCkZipEntryW entry;
    const wchar_t *fileContents;

    success = FALSE;

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

    zip = CkZipW_Create();

    success = CkZipW_OpenZip(zip,L"qa_data/zips/EC16100.zip");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
        return;
    }

    // Get the 1st file in the .zip
    entry = CkZipEntryW_Create();
    success = CkZipW_EntryAt(zip,0,entry);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkZipW_lastErrorText(zip));
        CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
        CkZipEntryW_Dispose(entry);
        return;
    }

    fileContents = CkZipEntryW_unzipToString(entry,0,L"utf-8");
    wprintf(L"%s\n",fileContents);


    CkZipW_Dispose(zip);
    CkZipEntryW_Dispose(entry);

    }