Ionic Zip Library v1.9.1.6
Initialize Method (fileName)
Initialize a ZipFile instance by reading in a zip file.
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- fileName (String)
- the name of the existing zip file to read in.
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This method is primarily useful from COM Automation environments, when reading or extracting zip files. In COM, it is not possible to invoke parameterized constructors for a class. A COM Automation application can update a zip file by using the default (no argument) constructor, then calling Initialize() to read the contents of an on-disk zip archive into the ZipFile instance.
.NET applications are encouraged to use the ZipFile.Read() methods for better clarity.