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In-memory compression of a Zip file


I want to compress files into Zip in-memory (I will store the result on a database instead of creating files in the file system).

How can I read the raw content for the compressed Zip file ?. I can't see any property to read that content, or any method to save that content into an Stream or any other in-memory structure.

function GetZip(UncompressedFile: TStream): TBytes; 
var AZipFile: TZipFile;
begin
  AZipFile := TZipFile.Create;
  try
    AZipFile.Add(UncompressedFile);
    Result := AZipFile.Data;  // ?? How to get the compressed file without saving it to the file system ??
  finally
    AZipfile.Free;
  end;
end;

Thank you.


Solution

  • Thanks to AmigoJack and Remy Lebeau for letting me know that I can use the Zip input Stream to also get the result.

    This works fine :

    function Zip_AddFile(FileToAdd: TStream; Title: string): TBytes; overload; 
    begin
       Result := Zip_AddFile([], FileToAdd, Title);
    end;
    
    function Zip_AddFile(Zip: TBytes; FileToAdd: TStream; Title: string): TBytes; overload;
    var AZipFile: TZipFile;
        ZipStream: TBytesStream;
    begin
      ZipStream := TBytesStream.Create(Zip);
      AZipFile := TZipFile.Create;
      try
        AZipFile.Open(ZipStream, zmReadWrite);
        AZipFile.Add(FileToAdd, Title);
        AZipFile.Close;
        Result := ZipStream.Bytes;
      finally
        AZipfile.Free;
        ZipStream.Free;
      end;
    end;