Creating zip file using winrar in C#.NET

There are times when we need to transfer large folders over the network. The best solution to optimize this transfer is to use a zip file. We can create a zip file in C#.NET by taking advantage of the zipping tool installed on the machine. Various zipping tools can be used for the purpose of zipping like winzip(undoubtedly the most famous one), winrar, 7-zip etc. Here I will make use of winrar for zipping a folder.

using System.Web; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; namespace TestUsage.Web { public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { string zipFileToWrite, folderPath; //Provide the absolute path where the zip file needs to be created. zipFileToWrite = @"C:\users\Tapan\Desktop\jack.zip"; //Provide the absolute path of the location where the folder is residing. If the //folder is located on the server and you have the relative path then you can //convert it into absolute path using Server.MapPath(rel url). folderPath = @"C:\my"; //This method is used to start any process on your windows. Very useful if you //want to interact with your operating system. System.Diagnostics.Process MyProcess = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); //Set the working directory as the directory where your zip software exe is located. MyProcess.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = @"C:\Program Files\WinRAR\"; //Specify the name of the zip software. MyProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "rar.exe"; //Pass the arguments by enclosing them in double quotes. MyProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = "a " + "\"" + zipFileToWrite + "\"" + " " + "\"" + folderPath + "\""; MyProcess.Start(); } } }