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c# file class that can be added to zip archive.
Posted on 2012-12-29
I have a console application that creates several text files on disk, then adds them to a zip file.
What I would like to do is:
1. create the files as "virtual" files, ie create a class for each file with name and contents
2. write these class files to a zip archive.
Any thoughts appreciated.
What I would like to do is:
1. create the files as "virtual" files, ie create a class for each file with name and contents
2. write these class files to a zip archive.
Any thoughts appreciated.
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So you want to serialize instances of this class to a file? Can you expand your explanation a tad?
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Hi dhenderson12,
Please check these links.
The free C# ZIP library
http://geekswithblogs.net/twickers/archive/2005/11/08/59420.aspx
Chilkat C# Zip Class Reference:
http://www.chilkatsoft.com/refdoc/csZipRef.html
A New Standard For Packaging Your Data:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163372.aspx
http://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.compression.ziparchive%28v=VS.110%29.aspx
http://zipstorer.codeplex.com/
Please check these links.
The free C# ZIP library
http://geekswithblogs.net/twickers/archive/2005/11/08/59420.aspx
Chilkat C# Zip Class Reference:
http://www.chilkatsoft.com/refdoc/csZipRef.html
A New Standard For Packaging Your Data:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163372.aspx
http://www.dotnetperls.com/7-zip
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.compression.ziparchive%28v=VS.110%29.aspx
http://zipstorer.codeplex.com/
hey, kaufmed, thanks for the reply.
I was thinking that I don't really need a physical file on disk if I can create a class with a name property and a content property (the other file properties are not useful to me). I could create this class instead of a physical file, and then add it to a zip archive as if it was a physical
file. I'm just not sure how to go about it.
If I create the physical file then I would need to delete it after it is added to the zip archive.
I was thinking that I don't really need a physical file on disk if I can create a class with a name property and a content property (the other file properties are not useful to me). I could create this class instead of a physical file, and then add it to a zip archive as if it was a physical
file. I'm just not sure how to go about it.
If I create the physical file then I would need to delete it after it is added to the zip archive.
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Ah. Here's an example using DotNetZip (which you can install using NuGet).
using System.Text;
using Ionic.Zip;
namespace ConsoleApplication42
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
TheClass instance = new TheClass() { Name = "example.txt", Content = "Hello World!" };
ZipFile zip = new ZipFile("example.zip");
byte[] data = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(instance.Content);
zip.AddEntry(instance.Name, data);
zip.Save();
}
}
public class TheClass
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Content { get; set; }
}
}
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