by Leigh Bowers (6 Submissions)
Category: Miscellaneous
Compatability: Visual Basic 4.0 (32-bit)
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Tue 15th June 1999
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
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UnRAR - Extract file from RAR archives from directly within Visual Basic. Full support for password protected RARs.
API Declarations
' Title: UnRAR VB6 BAS Module
' Author: Leigh Bowers (Compulsion Software)
' Email: [email protected]
' Version: 1.01
' Date: 16th April 1999
' Revised: 15th June 1999
' Requires: UnRAR.DLL (supplied)
' License: Freely Distributable
' Notes:-
' Please give me a small mention if you use all or part
' of this code in one of your VB programs ;-)
' Created utilising information contained within the
' UnRARDLL.txt & TechNote.txt files (as supplied with
' the full WinRAR package).
' Open Mode Constants
Private Const RAR_OM_LIST As Byte = 0
Private Const RAR_OM_EXTRACT As Byte = 1
' Error Constants
Private Const ERAR_NO_MEMORY As Byte = 11
Private Const ERAR_BAD_DATA As Byte = 12
Private Const ERAR_BAD_ARCHIVE As Byte = 13
Private Const ERAR_EOPEN As Byte = 15
Private Const ERAR_UNKNOWN_FORMAT As Byte = 14
Private Const ERAR_SMALL_BUF As Byte = 20
Private Const ERAR_ECLOSE As Byte = 17
Private Const ERAR_END_ARCHIVE As Byte = 10
Private Const ERAR_ECREATE As Byte = 16
Private Const ERAR_EREAD As Byte = 18
Private Const ERAR_EWRITE As Byte = 19
' Operation Constants
Private Const RAR_SKIP As Byte = 0
Private Const RAR_TEST As Byte = 1
Private Const RAR_EXTRACT As Byte = 2
' Volume Constants
Private Const RAR_VOL_ASK As Byte = 0
Private Const RAR_VOL_NOTIFY As Byte = 1
' User Defined Types
Private Type RARHeaderData
ArcName As String * 260
FileName As String * 260
Flags As Long
PackSize As Long
UnpSize As Long
HostOS As Long
FileCRC As Long
FileTime As Long
UnpVer As Long
Method As Long
FileAttr As Long
CmtBuf As String ' Pointer (char *CmtBuf in C)
CmtBufSize As Long
CmtSize As Long
CmtState As Long
End Type
Private Type RAROpenArchiveData
ArcName As String ' Pointer (char *ArcName in C)
OpenMode As Long
OpenResult As Long
CmtBuf As String ' Pointer (char *CmtBuf in C)
CmtBufSize As Long
CmtSize As Long
CmtState As Long
End Type
' RAR DLL Declares
Public Declare Function RAROpen Lib "UnRAR.dll" Alias "RAROpenArchive" (ByRef RAROpenData As RAROpenArchiveData) As Long
Public Declare Function RARClose Lib "UnRAR.dll" Alias "RARCloseArchive" (ByVal HandleToArchive As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function RARReadHdr Lib "UnRAR.dll" Alias "RARReadHeader" (ByVal HandleToArcRecord As Long, ByRef ArcHeaderRead As RARHeaderData) As Long
Public Declare Function RARProcFile Lib "UnRAR.dll" Alias "RARProcessFile" (ByVal HandleToArcHeader As Long, ByVal Operation As Long, ByVal DestPath As String, ByVal DestName As String) As Long
Public Declare Sub RARSetChangeVolProc Lib "UnRAR.dll" (ByVal HandleToArchive As Long, ByVal Mode As Long)
Public Declare Sub RARSetPassword Lib "UnRAR.dll" (ByVal HandleToArchive As Long, ByVal Password As String)
VBcoders
' Description:-
' Exrtact file(s) from RAR archive.
' Parameters:-
' sRARArchive = RAR Archive filename
' sDestPath = Destination path for extracted file(s)
' sPassword = Password [OPTIONAL]
' Returns:-
' Integer = 0 Failed (no files, incorrect PW etc)
' -1 Failed to open RAR archive
' >0 Number of files extracted
Dim lHandle As Long
Dim lStatus As Long
Dim uRAR As RAROpenArchiveData
Dim uHeader As RARHeaderData
Dim iFileCount As Integer
RARExtract = -1
' Open the RAR
uRAR.ArcName = sRARArchive
uRAR.OpenMode = RAR_OM_EXTRACT
lHandle = RAROpen(uRAR)
' Failed to open RAR ?
If uRAR.OpenResult <> 0 Then Exit Function
' Password ?
If sPassword <> "" Then
RARSetPassword lHandle, sPassword
End If
' Extract file(s)...
iFileCount = 0
' Is there at lease one archived file to extract ?
lStatus = RARReadHdr(lHandle, uHeader)
Do Until lStatus <> 0
' Process (extract) the current file within the archive
If RARProcFile(lHandle, RAR_EXTRACT, "", sDestPath + uHeader.FileName) = 0 Then
iFileCount = iFileCount + 1
End If
' Is there another archived file in this RAR ?
lStatus = RARReadHdr(lHandle, uHeader)
Loop
' Close the RAR
RARClose lHandle
' Return
RARExtract = iFileCount
End Function
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