ZipArchive.AddFile(String, String) Method

Creates a zip file item for the specified file and adds it to the specified path in the archive.

Namespace: DevExpress.Compression

Assembly: DevExpress.Docs.v20.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Document.Processor

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Document.Processor, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Document.Processor

Declaration

C#

public ZipFileItem AddFile(
    string fileName,
    string relativePath
)

VB.NET

Public Function AddFile(
    fileName As String,
    relativePath As String
) As ZipFileItem

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
fileName	String	A string that is the path to the file.
relativePath	String	A string that is the path in the archive.

Returns

Type	Description
ZipFileItem	A ZipFileItem that is the file item in the archive.

Remarks

This code snippet demonstrates how to create a new archive and add files to the archive root. The ZipArchive.Save method compresses data and saves the archive to a file.

View Example

ZipExamples.cs

using DevExpress.Compression;
        public void ArchiveFiles() {
            string[] sourcefiles = this.sourceFiles;
            using (ZipArchive archive = new ZipArchive()) {
                foreach (string file in sourcefiles) {
                    archive.AddFile(file, "/");
                }
                archive.Save("Documents\\ArchiveFiles.zip");
            }
        }

ZipExamples.vb

Imports DevExpress.Compression
        Public Sub ArchiveFiles()
            Dim sourcefiles() As String = Me.sourceFiles
            Using archive As New ZipArchive()
                For Each file As String In sourcefiles
                    archive.AddFile(file, "/")
                Next file
                archive.Save("Documents\ArchiveFiles.zip")
            End Using
        End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

zip-compression-and-archive-api-examples/CS/CompressionLibraryExamples/ZipExamples.cs#L47

    if (ext.Contains(Path.GetExtension(file)))
    archive.AddFile(file, "/");
}

VB.NET

zip-compression-and-archive-api-examples/VB/CompressionLibraryExamples/ZipExamples.vb#L46

For Each file As String In sourcefiles
    archive.AddFile(file, "/")
Next file