There is no support for creating standard ZIP files in the .NET framework. You can use the System.Packaging.IO.ZipPackage to create a zip file, but this doesn't create standard ZIP archives, as these classes are meant to built the new Office 2007 file format
packages.
In the past you could also use the J# Java IO Zip classes, but J# is now deprecated, plus it isn't available on all systems by default.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc164129.aspx
There are 3rd party libraries that can do this, SharpZipLib is a free and open source solution that has been around a long time and works good:
http://sharpdevelop.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/
DotNetZip is also stable and open source:
http://dotnetzip.codeplex.com/
If your requirement not to use 3rd party controls comes from a business requirement, you could consider using the .NET Assembly Linker to merge the component into your own application. OR you could add all the source files to you project.
As to your request for code, what is giving you problems? It is very easy to use Directory.EnumerateFiles and Directory.EnumerateDirectories to recursively do soemthing with all files in a directory and all directories below it. Or is your issue actually
adding files to a ZIP archive.
The part that actually builds the ZIP file depends on the solution you've chosen
The the recursive directory enumeration looks like this:
string basePath = @"e:\";
Queue<string> subDirectories = new Queue<string>();
subDirectories.Enqueue(basePath);
string path = null;
while (subDirectories.Count > 0)
{
path = subDirectories.Dequeue();
foreach (var file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(basePath))
{
// Add file to Zip
// If you need the relative path to the file or directory, use
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/275689/how-to-get-relative-path-from-absolute-path
}
foreach (var subDirectory in Directory.EnumerateDirectories(basePath))
{
subDirectories.Enqueue(subDirectory);
}
}
}
How to ZIp multiple folders along with subfolders in a folder into one zip
