ZipArchive.AddByteArray(String, Byte[]) Method

Creates a zip item from a byte array and adds it to archive.

Namespace: DevExpress.Compression

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Document.Processor

Declaration

C#

public ZipByteArrayItem AddByteArray(
    string name,
    byte[] content
)

VB.NET

Public Function AddByteArray(
    name As String,
    content As Byte()
) As ZipByteArrayItem

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	String	A string that is the name of the zip item.
content	Byte[]	A Byte[] array to compress and store in a zip item.

Returns

Type	Description
ZipByteArrayItem	A ZipByteArrayItem object that is the compressed array of bytes in an archive.

Remarks

This code snippet adds a byte array to an archive as an item with the name “myByteArray” and outputs zipped data to the stream.

View Example

ZipExamples.cs

using DevExpress.Compression;

public void ArchiveByteArray() {
    byte[] myByteArray = Enumerable.Repeat((byte)0x78, 10000).ToArray();
    using (Stream myZippedStream = new FileStream("ArchiveByteArray.zip", FileMode.Create)) {
        using (ZipArchive archive = new ZipArchive()) {
            archive.AddByteArray("myByteArray", myByteArray);
            archive.Save(myZippedStream);
        }
    }
}

ZipExamples.vb

Imports DevExpress.Compression
        Public Sub ArchiveByteArray()
            Dim myByteArray() As Byte = Enumerable.Repeat(CByte(&H78), 10000).ToArray()
            Using myZippedStream As Stream = New FileStream("ArchiveByteArray.zip", FileMode.Create)
                Using archive As New ZipArchive()
                    archive.AddByteArray("myByteArray", myByteArray)
                    archive.Save(myZippedStream)
                End Using
            End Using
        End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

zip-compression-and-archive-api-examples/CS/CompressionLibraryExamples/ZipExamples.cs#L172

using (ZipArchive archive = new ZipArchive()) {
    archive.AddByteArray("myByteArray", myByteArray);
    archive.Save(myZippedStream);

VB.NET

zip-compression-and-archive-api-examples/VB/CompressionLibraryExamples/ZipExamples.vb#L177

Using archive As New ZipArchive()
    archive.AddByteArray("myByteArray", myByteArray)
    archive.Save(myZippedStream)