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How to create a zip file in winrt app in local storage?

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I am working in winrt app. I have a database and two folders in Local storage. I want to zip this database and folders together and want to save zip file in any local drives.

Can any one tell me how I can achieve this ?

Wednesday, April 30, 2014 8:50 AM

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You can use the ZipArchive class for this.

You can choose a save location with a FileSavePicker, use ZipArchive to build the compressed stream, and then save that stream to the StorageFile returned from the picker.

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/How-to-and-extract-zip-a4794b24 extracts rather than compresses but should give you the idea. The file picker sample demonstrates picking a file and saving to it'
- Marked as answer by Anne Jing Friday, May 9, 2014 7:26 AM
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