zipOpenCAB (Function)

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zipOpenCAB (Function)

In french: zipOuvreCAB

Opens an existing archive in CAB format.

Example

See additional examples

// Open an archive
ResOpenArchive = zipOpenCAB("MyArchive", "C:\MyArchives\Archive.cab")
// In Windows Mobile:
// ResOpenArchive = zipOpenCAB("MyArchive", "\MyArchives\Archive.cab")

// Display an error message if the archive was not opened
IF ResOpenArchive <> 0 THEN
Error(zipMsgError(ResOpenArchive))
END

MyArchive is zipArchive
// Open an archive
ResOpenArchive = zipOpenCAB(MyArchive, "C:\MyArchives\Archive.cab")
// In Windows Mobile:
// ResOpenArchive = zipOpenCAB(MyArchive, "\MyArchives\Archive.cab")

// Display an error message if the archive was not opened
IF ResOpenArchive <> 0 THEN
Error(zipMsgError(ResOpenArchive))
END

Syntax

<Result> = zipOpenCAB(<Archive> , <Archive path> [, <Opening mode of archive>])

<Result>: Integer

0 if the archive was opened,
An error code (value greater than 0) otherwise. For more details on these error codes, see the Remarks.

<Archive>: Character string (with quotes) or zipArchive variable

Name of archive to use.
This name can correspond to:
an archive name, defined with zipOpen or zipCreate.
Versions 15 and later
the name of a zipArchive variable.
New in version 15
the name of a zipArchive variable.
the name of a zipArchive variable.

<Archive path>: Character string (with quotes)

Path and name of archive (up to 260 characters). The archive extension can be specified.

<Opening mode of archive>: Optional constant (or combination of constants)

Options for opening the archive:
zipHeader64 Allows you to create an archive exceeding 4 GB on which zipChangePath can be used.
zipRead Opening in read-only.

Remarks

Error codes

The following error codes are returned:

1: The path passed in parameter does not exist.
2: Access denied: the user has no sufficient rights.
3: The archive is corrupted.
6: The files of the sub-archives are not arranged in order (when opening a multi-part archive).

The message corresponding to the error code is returned by zipMsgError.

Component : wd250zip.dll