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Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Iterate over Matching Filenames

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Iterates over files within a .zip that match a pattern. In this case, the pattern is "*.pem". This example will open a .zip containing files of type .txt, .cer, .pem, and possibly others, and will iterate over only the .pem files.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oZip
LOCAL oEntry
LOCAL cPemStr
LOCAL cPattern
LOCAL nBHasMoreMatches

nSuccess := 0

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

oZip := CreateObject("Chilkat.Zip")

//  Open a .zip containing PEM files, among other things..
nSuccess := oZip:OpenZip("qa_data/certs/thawte-roots.zip")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oZip:LastErrorText
    oZip:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oEntry := CreateObject("Chilkat.ZipEntry")

cPattern := "*.pem"

nBHasMoreMatches := oZip:EntryMatching(cPattern, oEntry)
DO WHILE nBHasMoreMatches == 1

    ? "Entry: " + oEntry:FileName

    //  Get the uncommpressed contents of the entry:
    cPemStr := oEntry:UnzipToString(0, "utf-8")
    ? cPemStr

    nBHasMoreMatches := oEntry:GetNextMatch(cPattern)
ENDDO

oZip:destroy()
oEntry:destroy()