zipOpenRAR (Function)

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zipOpenRAR (Function)

In french: zipOuvreRAR

Opens an existing archive in RAR format.

Note: RAR archives are supported up to and including version 5.

New in version 2025

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

This function is now available in iOS widget mode.

Example

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MonArchive is zipArchive
// Ouverture d'une archive
ResOuvreArchive = zipOpenRAR(MonArchive, "C:\MesArchives\Archive.rar")
// Affichage du message d'erreur si l'archive n'a pas été ouverte
IF ResOuvreArchive <> 0 THEN
	Error(zipMsgError(ResOuvreArchive))
END

Syntax

<Result> = zipOpenRAR(<Archive> , <Archive path> [, <Archive opening mode>])

<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 or zipArchive variable

Name of the archive to be used.
This name can correspond to:
the name of an archive, defined by zipOpen or zipCreate.
the name of a variable of type zipArchive.

<Archive path>: Character string

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

<Archive opening mode>: Optional constant (or combination of constants)

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

Remarks

Error codes

The following error codes are returned:

1: Path passed as parameter does not exist.
2: Access denied: user does not have sufficient rights.
3: The archive is corrupt.
6: The files in the sub-archives are not in the right order (this is the case when opening a multi-part archive).

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

Business / UI classification: Business Logic

Component: wd300zip.dll