Xojo Plugin

Unzip Text File to String

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Demonstrates how to open a .zip and extract the 1st file (assuming it's a text file) to a string variable. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim zip As New Chilkat.Zip

success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/EC16100.zip")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Get the 1st file in the .zip
Dim entry As New Chilkat.ZipEntry
success = zip.EntryAt(0,entry)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim fileContents As String
fileContents = entry.UnzipToString(0,"utf-8")
System.DebugLog(fileContents)