(Visual Basic 6.0) Unzip Encrypted Text into a String Variable

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

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

Dim zip As New ChilkatZip

' Set the password required for decrypting.
zip.DecryptPassword = "myPassword"

Dim success As Long
success = zip.OpenZip("encrypted.zip")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print zip.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Locate the file within the Zip to be unzipped into a string variable:
Dim entry As ChilkatZipEntry
Set entry = zip.FirstMatchingEntry("*.csv")
If (zip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print "No matching entry found."
    Exit Sub
End If

' lineEndingBehavior:
' 0 = leave unchanged.
' 1 = convert all to bare LF's
' 2 = convert all to CRLF's
Dim lineEndingBehavior As Long
lineEndingBehavior = 0
Dim srcCharset As String
srcCharset = "utf-8"

Dim strCsv As String
strCsv = entry.UnzipToString(lineEndingBehavior,srcCharset)
Debug.Print strCsv