ZipCrc Delphi DLL Reference Documentation
ZipCrc
Current Version: 10.0.0
Calculate a Zip CRC checksum for a file or in-memory data.
Create/Dispose
var myObject: HCkZipCrc; begin myObject := CkZipCrc_Create(); // ... CkZipCrc_Dispose(myObject); end;
Creates an instance of the HCkZipCrc object and returns a handle (i.e. a Pointer). The handle is passed in the 1st argument for the functions listed on this page.
Objects created by calling CkZipCrc_Create must be freed by calling this method. A memory leak occurs if a handle is not disposed by calling this function.
Properties
DebugLogFilePath
procedure CkZipCrc_putDebugLogFilePath(objHandle: HCkZipCrc; newPropVal: PWideChar); stdcall;
function CkZipCrc__debugLogFilePath(objHandle: HCkZipCrc): PWideChar; stdcall;
If set to a file path, causes each Chilkat method or property call to automatically append it's LastErrorText to the specified log file. The information is appended such that if a hang or crash occurs, it is possible to see the context in which the problem occurred, as well as a history of all Chilkat calls up to the point of the problem. The VerboseLogging property can be set to provide more detailed information.
This property is typically used for debugging the rare cases where a Chilkat method call hangs or generates an exception that halts program execution (i.e. crashes). A hang or crash should generally never happen. The typical causes of a hang are:
- a timeout related property was set to 0 to explicitly indicate that an infinite timeout is desired,
- the hang is actually a hang within an event callback (i.e. it is a hang within the application code), or
- there is an internal problem (bug) in the Chilkat code that causes the hang.
See the notes about PWideChar memory ownership and validity.
LastErrorHtml
function CkZipCrc__lastErrorHtml(objHandle: HCkZipCrc): PWideChar; stdcall;
Provides information in HTML format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.
See the notes about PWideChar memory ownership and validity.
topLastErrorText
function CkZipCrc__lastErrorText(objHandle: HCkZipCrc): PWideChar; stdcall;
Provides information in plain-text format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.
See the notes about PWideChar memory ownership and validity.
LastErrorXml
function CkZipCrc__lastErrorXml(objHandle: HCkZipCrc): PWideChar; stdcall;
Provides information in XML format about the last method/property called. If a method call returns a value indicating failure, or behaves unexpectedly, examine this property to get more information.
See the notes about PWideChar memory ownership and validity.
topLastMethodSuccess
procedure CkZipCrc_putLastMethodSuccess(objHandle: HCkZipCrc; newPropVal: wordbool); stdcall;
Indicate whether the last method call succeeded or failed. A value of True indicates success, a value of False indicates failure. This property is automatically set for method calls. It is not modified by property accesses. The property is automatically set to indicate success for the following types of method calls:
- Any method that returns a string.
- Any method returning a Chilkat object, binary bytes, or a date/time.
- Any method returning a standard boolean status value where success = True and failure = False.
- Any method returning an integer where failure is defined by a return value less than zero.
Note: Methods that do not fit the above requirements will always set this property equal to True. For example, a method that returns no value (such as a "void" in C++) will technically always succeed.
topVerboseLogging
procedure CkZipCrc_putVerboseLogging(objHandle: HCkZipCrc; newPropVal: wordbool); stdcall;
If set to True, then the contents of LastErrorText (or LastErrorXml, or LastErrorHtml) may contain more verbose information. The default value is False. Verbose logging should only be used for debugging. The potentially large quantity of logged information may adversely affect peformance.
topVersion
function CkZipCrc__version(objHandle: HCkZipCrc): PWideChar; stdcall;
Version of the component/library, such as "9.5.0.94"
See the notes about PWideChar memory ownership and validity.
Methods
BeginStream
Provides a way to calculate a CRC by streaming the data a chunk at a time. An application would start by calling BeginStream. Then it would add data by calling MoreData for each additional chunk. After the last chunk has been processed, the EndStream method is called to return the CRC.
topCalculateCrc
Calculates a 32-bit CRC for in-memory byte data. This is the 32-bit CRC that would be found in a Zip file header if a file containing the data was added to a zip archive. Returns the CRC32 of the data.
topCrcBd
Calculates a CRC32 for the bytes contained in bd.
topCrcSb
sb: HCkStringBuilder;
charset: PWideChar): LongWord; stdcall;
Calculates a CRC32 for the string contained in sb. The charset is the byte representation to be used for the sb when calculating the CRC32. It can be utf-8, utf-16, windows-1252, iso-8859-1, or any of the character encodings (charsets) listed at the link below.
topCrcString
str: PWideChar;
charset: PWideChar): LongWord; stdcall;
Calculates a CRC32 for a string. The charset is the byte representation to be used for the str when calculating the CRC32. It can be utf-8, utf-16, windows-1252, iso-8859-1, or any of the character encodings (charsets) listed at the link below.
topEndStream
Finalizes and returns the Zip CRC value calculated by calling BeginStream followed by multiple calls to MoreData.
topFileCrc
path: PWideChar): LongWord; stdcall;
Calculates the CRC32 of a file. The data contained in the file is streamed for the calculation to keep the memory footprint small and constant. Returns the CRC32 of the file.
FileCrcAsync (1)
Creates an asynchronous task to call the FileCrc method with the arguments provided. (Async methods are available starting in Chilkat v9.5.0.52.)
Note: Async method event callbacks happen in the background thread. Accessing and updating UI elements existing in the main thread may require special considerations.
Returns nil on failure
topLoadTaskCaller
MoreData
Adds additional data to the CRC currently being calculated. (See BeginStream for more information.)
topToHex
crc: LongWord;
outStr: HCkString): wordbool; stdcall;
function CkZipCrc__toHex(objHandle: HCkZipCrc;
crc: LongWord): PWideChar; stdcall;
Converts a 32-bit integer to a hex string.
Returns True for success, False for failure.
See the notes about PWideChar memory ownership and validity.
topEvents
Chilkat supports event callbacks for the Delphi DLL starting in version 9.5.0.82.
AbortCheck
Provides the opportunity for a method call to be aborted. The AbortCheck event is fired periodically based on the value of the HeartbeatMs property. If HeartbeatMs is 0, then no AbortCheck events will fire. As an example, to fire 5 AbortCheck events per second, set the HeartbeatMs property equal to 200. Return True to abort; return False to continue (not abort)
PercentDone
Provides the percentage completed for any method that involves network communications or time-consuming processing (assuming it is a method where a percentage completion can be measured). This event is only fired when it is possible to know a percentage completion, and when it makes sense to express the operation as a percentage completed. The pctDone argument will have a value from 1 to 100. For operations (Chilkat method calls) that complete very quickly, the number of PercentDone callbacks will vary, but the final callback should have a value of 100. For long running operations, no more than one callback per percentage point will occur (for example: 1, 2, 3, ... 98, 99, 100).
The PercentDone callback counts as an AbortCheck event. For method calls that complete quickly such that PercentDone events fire, it may be that AbortCheck events don't fire because the opportunity to abort is already provided in the PercentDone callback. For time consuming operations, where the amount of time between PercentDone callbacks are long, AbortCheck callbacks may be used to allow for the operation to be aborted in a more responsive manner.
Return True to abort; return False to continue (not abort)
ProgressInfo
A general name/value event that provides information about what is happening during a method call. To find out what information is available, write code to handle this event and log the name/value pairs. Most are self-explanatory.
TaskCompleted
Called in the background thread when an asynchronous task completes.