Zipping CSV File

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Hi there,

I'm trying to zip a csv file to the C drive. I have a method that gets the Sales.csv file and it saves the csv file to the C drive but then when I use this code to zip it, it doesn't work. please assist what am I missing :-(

ProcessStartInfo ps = new ProcessStartInfo();
                    ps.UseShellExecute = true;
                    ps.Arguments = @"C:\Sales" + dr["dbkey"].ToString() + ".csv";
                    
                    ps.FileName = "C:\\Program Files\\WinZip\\WZZIP.EXE";
                    Process p = Process.Start(ps);
                    p.WaitForExit();

Regards,
Graduate

Posted 28-Sep-10 22:49pm

JGraduate

Updated 29-Sep-10 0:05am

Johnny J.

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Solution 2

In addition to OriginalGriff's answer you can also try Sharpziplib[^]

Posted 28-Sep-10 23:08pm

Goutam Patra

Updated 28-Sep-10 23:10pm

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Solution 3

Could it be that you're missing a backslash here:

ps.Arguments = @"C:\Sales\" + dr["dbkey"].ToString() + ".csv";

???

Try debugging the Arguments value and see that it is really the valid path to the file you want to zip

Apart from that, this is a good zip library that can be used directly from .NET:

ZipStorer - A Pure C# Class to Store Files in Zip[^]

Posted 29-Sep-10 0:09am

Johnny J.

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JGraduate 30-Sep-10 1:56am

Hi,
No I'm not missing anything there that is just the name of the file and the ID so that the will be no duplicate when I save multiple files.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-28T22:59:00

Solution 1

Rather than try to kick off an external application (which may or may not be present, up to date and working ok) use C# libraries instead. Either Google for "Zip file in c#" or look at MSDN here[^]

Posted 28-Sep-10 22:59pm

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JGraduate 29-Sep-10 6:10am

Reason for my vote of 5
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JGraduate 30-Sep-10 1:53am

Thanks but that didnt help because I'm using Winzip Pro.

Toli Cuturicu 1-Oct-10 17:36pm

So? Stop using it. Few people have it installed on their computers.