(Xojo Plugin) 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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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim zip As New Chilkat.Zip

Dim success As Boolean
success = zip.OpenZip("qa_data/zips/xml_files.zip")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(zip.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim entry As Chilkat.ZipEntry
entry = zip.FirstEntry()
If (zip.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog("This zip archive is empty.")
    Return
End If

Dim finished As Boolean
finished = False
While finished = False

    If (entry.IsDirectory = False) Then
        System.DebugLog(entry.FileName)
    Else
        System.DebugLog("(directory) " + entry.FileName)
    End If

    Dim next As Chilkat.ZipEntry
    next = entry.NextEntry()
    If (entry.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
        finished = True
    End If

    entry = next
Wend

// 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