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# Folder.Zip Method

Namespace: VitNX3.Functions.FileSystem
Assembly: VitNX3 (in VitNX3.dll)
Zips the folder.
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    public static void Zip(
       string sourceFolder,
       string zipFile
    )

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#### Parameters

sourceFolder
  string

The source folder.

zipFile
  string

The zip file.

Source code
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C#
F#
C++
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    public static void Zip(string sourceFolder,
         string zipFile)
     {
         if (!Directory.Exists(sourceFolder))
             throw new ArgumentException("sourceDirectory");
         byte[] zipHeader = new byte[] { 80, 75, 5, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
         using (FileStream fs = System.IO.File.Create(zipFile))
             fs.Write(zipHeader, 0, zipHeader.Length);
         dynamic shellApplication = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Shell.Application"));
         dynamic source = shellApplication.NameSpace(sourceFolder);
         dynamic destination = shellApplication.NameSpace(zipFile);
         destination.CopyHere(source.Items(), 20);
     }

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Applies to

#### .NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8

#### .NET Core

Supported in: 5.0+, 6.0+
See Also
Folder Class
VitNX3.Functions.FileSystem Namespace