Chilkat VB.NET Rar Class Reference

Rar

Properties

LastErrorHtml As String (ReadOnly)

Error information in HTML format for the last method called.

LastErrorText As String (ReadOnly)

Error information in plain-text format for the last method called.

LastErrorXml As String (ReadOnly)

Error information in XML format for the last method called.

NumEntries As Integer (ReadOnly)

The number of files and directories in the RAR archive.

Methods

Function Close() As Boolean

Closes a RAR archive.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

Function FastOpen(ByVal filename As String) As Boolean

Opens a RAR archive. The filename may include an absolute or relative directory path. This method does not iterate over the entries in the RAR archive. The NumEntries property will remain at 0 after FastOpen is called. FastOpen is provided as a quicker means to open a RAR archive if the intended usage is to simply call Unrar to extract the files and directories.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

Function GetEntryByIndex(ByVal index As Integer) As RarEntry

Returns a RarEntry object for the Nth entry in the RAR archive. The archive must have first been opened by calling Open (not FastOpen). Returns null if the index is out of range. The 1st entry is at index 0.

Function GetEntryByName(ByVal filename As String) As RarEntry

Returns a RarEntry object by filename. The RAR archive must have first been opened by calling Open (not FastOpen). Returns null if the entry was not found.

Function Open(ByVal filename As String) As Boolean

Opens a RAR archive. The filename may include an absolute or relative directory path. This method iterates over the files and directories. Upon returning, the NumEntries property contains the number of files/directories in the RAR, and GetEntryByIndex may be called to retrieve information about each file/directory.

Returns true for success, false for failure.

Function SaveLastError(ByVal filename As String) As Boolean

Saves the last error information to an XML formatted file.

Function Unrar(ByVal dirPath As String) As Boolean

Extracts the files and directories from a RAR archive. The directory tree contained within the RAR is re-created with it's root at dirPath.

Returns true for success, false for failure.