How to: Archive a Directory

• Sep 19, 2023

To archive a directory, do the following:

1. Create a ZipArchive class instance.
2. Use its ZipArchive.AddDirectory method to specify the source directory.
3. Call the ZipArchive.Save method to create an archive and save it to a specified location.

View Example

ZipExamples.cs

using DevExpress.Compression;
        public void ArchiveDirectory() {
            string path = this.startupPath;
            using (ZipArchive archive = new ZipArchive()) {
                archive.AddDirectory(path);
                archive.Save("Documents\\ArchiveDirectory.zip");
            }
        }

ZipExamples.vb

Imports DevExpress.Compression
        Public Sub ArchiveDirectory()
            Dim path As String = Me.startupPath
            Using archive As New ZipArchive()
                archive.AddDirectory(path)
                archive.Save("Documents\ArchiveDirectory.zip")
            End Using
        End Sub