Compress(Byte[]) Method

Compresses an array of bytes using the LZMA compression format and CompressionLevel.Highest.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Shared Function Compress( _
   ByVal buffer() As Byte _
) As Byte()

'Usage
 
Dim buffer() As Byte
Dim value() As Byte
 
value = LZMACompressedStream.Compress(buffer)

public static byte[] Compress( 
   byte[] buffer
)

Parameters

buffer: The array of bytes to compress.

Return Value

An array of bytes containing the compressed data.

Remarks

If the data to compress is not a byte array, it will need to be converted into a byte array before it can be compressed. This can be done, in the case of a string, using the System.Text.Encoding.GetBytes method of the System.Text.Encoding class.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

LZMACompressedStream Class
LZMACompressedStream Members
Overload List