AddAsync(StorageFile) Method

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Adds a file to the current zip file.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function AddAsync( _
   ByVal file As Windows.Storage.StorageFile _
) As System.Threading.Tasks.Task

public System.Threading.Tasks.Task AddAsync( 
   Windows.Storage.StorageFile file
)

Parameters

file: File to add to the zip file.

Remarks

This method is available only in the WinRT version.

This method is asynchronous, and should normally be used within 'await' statements as shown in the example below.

Example

The code below prompts the user for some file names, then adds the files to the current zip archive.

using Windows.Storage.Pickers;
var picker = new FileOpenPicker();
picker.ViewMode = PickerViewMode.List;
picker.SuggestedStartLocation = PickerLocationId.DocumentsLibrary;
picker.FileTypeFilter.Add("*");
var files = await picker.PickMultipleFilesAsync();
if (files != null)
{
  foreach (var f in files)
  {
    await _zip.Entries.AddAsync(f);
  }
}

Reference

C1ZipEntryCollection Class
C1ZipEntryCollection Members
Overload List