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Zip method

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Xceed Zip for .NET gives you the possibility to add files to a new or existing zip file. For more information, you can refer to the Adding files to a zip file and Copying items to a zip file topics.

QuickZip Example

The following example demonstrates how to add files to a zip file using the static Zip method of the QuickZip class.

VB.NET Copy Code

Imports Xceed.Zip

QuickZip.Zip( "d:\test.zip", True, True, False, "d:\file.txt" )

C# Copy Code

using Xceed.Zip;

QuickZip.Zip( @"d:\test.zip", true, true, false, @"d:\file.txt" );

FileSystem Example

The following example demonstrates how to add files to a zip file using the FileSystem object model.

VB.NET Copy Code

Imports Xceed.Zip
Imports Xceed.FileSystem

Dim diskFolder As New DiskFolder( "c:\temp" )
diskFolder.CopyFilesTo( New ZipArchive( New DiskFile( "c:\test.zip" ) ), True, True )

C# Copy Code

using Xceed.Zip;
using Xceed.FileSystem;

DiskFolder diskFolder = new DiskFolder( @"c:\temp" );

diskFolder.CopyFilesTo( new ZipArchive( new DiskFile( @"c:\test.zip" ) ), true, true );
                   

For more information, you can refer to the Adding files to a zip file and Copying items to a zip file topics.