(Visual Basic 6.0) 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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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim zip As New ChilkatZip

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

Dim entry As ChilkatZipEntry
Set entry = zip.FirstEntry()
If (zip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print "This zip archive is empty."
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim finished As Long
finished = 0
Do While finished = 0

    If (entry.IsDirectory = 0) Then
        Debug.Print entry.FileName
    Else
        Debug.Print "(directory) " & entry.FileName
    End If

    Dim next As ChilkatZipEntry
    Set next = entry.NextEntry()
    If (entry.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
        finished = 1
    End If

    Set entry = 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