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Is there a way to extract a zip file into the computer's memory at runtime (e.g. to extract a picture but put it temporarily in the memory and place it on a PictureBox)
LIBRARIES ARE ALLOWED.

Answer 1

I think this should work.(not tested)
Requires .net 4.5(System.IO.Compression.dll)
using System.IO.Compression;
...
byte [] pictureBuffer = null;
using (ZipArchive archive = ZipFile.OpenRead(zipPath))
{
foreach (var entry in archive.Entries)
{
if(entry.FullName == "SomePicture")
{
using (zipEntryStream = entry.Open())
using (MemoryStream memStream = new MemoryStream())
{
zipEntryStream.CopyTo(memStream);
pictureBuffer = zipEntryStream.ToArray;
}
}
}
I think this should work.(not tested)
using the DotNetZip Library http://www.nuget.org/packages/DotNetZip/
using (ZipFile zip = new ZipFile(zipPath))
{
foreach (var entry in zip.Entries)
{
if(entry.FileName == "SomePicture")
{
using (var zipEntryStream = entry.OpenReader())
using (var memStream = new MemoryStream())
{
zipEntryStream.CopyTo(memStream);
pictureBuffer = zipEntryStream.ToArray;
}
}
}
}