Code Example: View Archive Entries

using IronZip; using System; using System.Collections.Generic; // Open existing ZIP using (var archive = new IronZipArchive("existing.zip")) { // Get Entries list List<Entry> entries = archive.Entries(); foreach (Entry entry in entries) { Console.WriteLine(entry.Name); } }

Imports IronZip Imports System Imports System.Collections.Generic ' Open existing ZIP Using archive = New IronZipArchive("existing.zip") ' Get Entries list Dim entries As List(Of Entry) = archive.Entries() For Each entry As Entry In entries Console.WriteLine(entry.Name) Next entry End Using

View Archive Entries

When extracting archives, developers sometimes want to do a quick inspection to confirm whether an entry exists within the archive, as extracting an archive can be costly at times. IronZIP lets you view the archive entries within the archive without extracting them first, saving you time and allowing you to inspect and verify files quickly before extracting them.

Within this example, we'll quickly go through an example of utilizing the Entry class within IronZipArchive to obtain the list of entries within the archive and print out the names of the entries for inspection.

View Archvie Entries with C#

using IronZip
using (var archive = new IronZipArchive("existing.zip"))
Listentries = archive.Entries();
foreach (Entry entry in entries)
Console.WriteLine(entry.Name);

Importing Existing Archive

We first import the namespace IronZip. Afterwards, we initialize a new IronZipArchive with the path to the ZIP Archive as the parameter to load the archive.

Viewing The Contents of the Archive

After importing the ZIP archive, we can utilize the class properties of IronZipArchive to obtain the list of entries within the archive. The Entries property within the IronZipArchive returns a of Entry within the archive.

Entry Property

The Entry property contains several properties such as the name, size, version, and other properties such as comments and the encryption method used to create that entry. In this example, we utilize a for loop to loop over the number of entries within the list to print out all the names of the entries within the archive, showcasing the versatility of looking through the entries without extracting them. For a complete list of properities available for the class Entry, please refer here.

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