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

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Zip")
set zip = CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(zip.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' entry is a Chilkat.ZipEntry
Set entry = zip.FirstEntry()
If (zip.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("This zip archive is empty.")
    WScript.Quit
End If

finished = 0
Do While finished = 0

    If (entry.IsDirectory = 0) Then
        outFile.WriteLine(entry.FileName)
    Else
        outFile.WriteLine("(directory) " & entry.FileName)
    End If

    ' next is a Chilkat.ZipEntry
    Set next = entry.NextEntry()
    If (entry.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
        finished = 1
    End If

    ' entry is a Chilkat.ZipEntry
    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

outFile.Close