ZipEncoding Class

Encoding used for entry names and comments. The default encoding is System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.

Object Model

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Class ZipEncoding

public class ZipEncoding

Remarks

This class does not affect compression, it's just used to encode and decode entry names and comments. The initial version of ZIP format did not support UTF-8. So, some old zip utilities might not recognise this format. Change Encoding property to some other value if you need backward compatibility. Note that Encoding.Default seems like a logical choice but doesn't really work for international locales. Instead, we need to create an encoding using the current OEMCodePage. That allows accents and international characters to be used in file names (like the zip built into Windows, allows names such as "Åland.txt", "Äiti.txt", "Würth.txt", etc.).

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
C1.C1Zip.ZipEncoding

Reference

ZipEncoding Members
C1.C1Zip Namespace