(VB.NET) Unzip One File to a Stream

Demonstrates how to unzip a particular file contained within a .zip archive to a Chilkat stream.

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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 Chilkat.Zip

' First open a .zip.
Dim success As Boolean = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/hamlet.zip")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Find the entry to be unzipped to a stream..
Dim entry As Chilkat.ZipEntry = zip.FirstMatchingEntry("*hamlet.xml")
If (zip.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' There are three ways we can unzip (inflate) to a stream.
' 
' 1) Set a sink file on the stream object and call UnzipToStream synchronously.
'    This unzips to the stream's sink (which is to simply unzip to a file in the filesystem).
' 
' 2) Create a stream object and call UnzipToStreamAsync.  This starts the unzip in a background
'    thread (after Task.Run is called).  Your application can then read the unzipped (inflated) file
'    directly from the stream.
' 
' 3) (not shown in this example) Unzip to a stream object that is the source of something else.
'    

' ----------------------------------------------------------------
' Case 1: Unzip to a file by setting the sink of streamA to a file.
Dim streamA As New Chilkat.Stream
streamA.SinkFile = "qa_output/hamletA.xml"

success = entry.UnzipToStream(streamA)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(entry.LastErrorText)

    Exit Sub
End If


' Close the stream to close the output file.
success = streamA.WriteClose()


' ----------------------------------------------------------------
' Case 2a: Uzip to a stream asynchronously. 
Dim streamB As New Chilkat.Stream

Dim unzipTask As Chilkat.Task = entry.UnzipToStreamAsync(streamB)
If (entry.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(entry.LastErrorText)

    Exit Sub
End If


' Start the background unzip thread.
unzipTask.Run()

' Read the stream.  (this is reading the unzipped file data)
Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
While streamB.EndOfStream <> True
    ' Each call to ReadSb appends to the contents of sb.
    streamB.ReadSb(sb)
End While
sb.WriteFile("qa_output/hamletB.xml","utf-8",False)


Debug.WriteLine("Success.")

' ----------------------------------------------------------------
' Case 2b: Uzip to a stream asynchronously and emit output while reading. 
Dim streamC As New Chilkat.Stream

unzipTask = entry.UnzipToStreamAsync(streamC)
If (entry.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(entry.LastErrorText)

    Exit Sub
End If


unzipTask.Run()

While streamC.EndOfStream <> True
    Dim s As String = streamC.ReadString()
    Debug.WriteLine(s)
End While



Debug.WriteLine("Success.")