VBScript

Unzip a .zip Archive

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Demonstrates how to open a .zip archive and unzip. The Unzip method extracts the files and directories from a .zip archive and recreates the directory tree rooted at the directory path passed to Unzip. VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set zip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

success = zip.OpenZip("my_files.zip")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Returns the number of files and directories unzipped.
' Unzips to /my_files, re-creating the directory tree
' from the .zip.
unzipCount = zip.Unzip("/my_files")
If (unzipCount < 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
Else
    outFile.WriteLine("Success!")
End If


outFile.Close