CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#visual-studio-2017
Rosa1995
Rosa1995

Reputation: 63

How would I implement zipping all the files in a folder into my code?

So far I have a code that takes screenshots every 2 seconds and saves them to the a folder. I would like to add in a function for the program to take those screenshots every 2 hours and zip them up. I am currently working on trying to figure out how to set individual timers in my code, but after that I will need to add this.

I have been looking up and trying to learn how to do it, but my knowledge on c# code is extremely limited.

I tried adding the following into my code

using System.IO.Compression

string startPath = @"c:\example\start";
string zipPath = @"c:\example\result.zip";
ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(startPath, zipPath, CompressionLevel.Fastest, true);
string extractPath = @"c:\example\extract";
ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, extractPath);

but it comes back with "Using directive is unnecessary." for System.IO.Compression. Plus I can't figure out how my directory of C:\Intel\Logs\dsp would fit into each field ie. 

c:\example\start
c:\example\result.zip
c:\example\extract

Can someone please help me figure out what I'm doing wrong and explain to me (in very blatant terms) how I can fix it? Thank you so much!

P.S. Will adding in this part create the zip file and make it hidden? Also, which path do I put for that line then?

string startPath = @"c:\example\start";
string zipPath = @"c:\example\result.zip";
ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(startPath, zipPath, CompressionLevel.Fastest, true);
File.SetAttributes("c:\example\whichpath", FileAttributes.Hidden); //HERE
string extractPath = @"c:\example\extract";
ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, extractPath);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 471

Answers (1)

Xaqron
Xaqron

Reputation: 30847

From here you need add what the comment recommends as below:

using System.IO.Compression;
using System.IO.Compression.FileSystem;

...

string startPath = @"c:\example\start";
string zipPath = @"c:\example\result.zip";

ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(startPath, zipPath);

// and hide it
File.SetAttributes(zipPath, File.GetAttributes(zipPath) | FileAttributes.Hidden);

Upvotes: 1

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