DotNetZip Saving to Stream

user229133 picture user229133 · Jun 28, 2012 · Viewed 21.4k times · Source

I am using DotNetZip to add a file from a MemoryStream to a zip file and then to save that zip as a MemoryStream so that I can email it as an attachment. The code below does not err but the MemoryStream must not be done right because it is unreadable. When I save the zip to my hard drive everything works perfect, just not when I try to save it to a stream.

using (ZipFile zip = new ZipFile())
{
var memStream = new MemoryStream();
var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(memStream);

streamWriter.WriteLine(stringContent);

streamWriter.Flush();      
memStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

ZipEntry e = zip.AddEntry("test.txt", memStream);
e.Password = "123456!";
e.Encryption = EncryptionAlgorithm.WinZipAes256;

var ms = new MemoryStream();
ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

zip.Save(ms);

//ms is what I want to use to send as an attachment in an email                                   
}

Answer

user229133 picture user229133 · Jun 28, 2012

Ok, I figured out my problem, pretty stupid actually. Thanks for everyone's help!

ZipEntry e = zip.AddEntry("test.txt", memStream);
e.Password = "123456!";
e.Encryption = EncryptionAlgorithm.WinZipAes256;

//zip.Save("C:\\Test\\Test.zip");

//Stream outStream;

var ms = new MemoryStream();

zip.Save(ms);

    //--Needed to add the following 2 lines to make it work----
ms.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
ms.Flush();