XAMLflix Introduces RadZipLibrary

Hello everyone and welcome back to XAMLflix with RadZipLibrary for Silverlight and WPF. I hope you have been enjoying the series as last week we took a look at the RadHTMLPlaceholder and RadBreadCrumb Controls.

What is XAMLflix you might ask? Well, it is Telerik’s way of teaching you how to use both new and existing controls from Telerik’s XAML suite. Each and every Thursday, we will provide a fresh batch of videos and sample projects highlighting a different control. Since our Silverlight and WPF share a common codebase and API, you only have to learn how to use these controls once! You can simply copy and paste the code between frameworks.

RadZipLibrary – Manipulate Zip Files from within your Silverlight/WPF Application.

Have you ever wondered how to increase the responsiveness of your applications by compressing the data that you send over the internet? The RadZipLibrary does just that by allowing you to open, extract from, create and add to Zip files from within your applications.

• Reading Zip Files with the RadZipLibrary – In this video, we will see just how easy it is to work with reading Zip files from within your Silverlight Application. We will read a zip file and display its contents in the RadGridView Control. (Download the Project)
• Writing Zip Files with the RadZipLibrary – In this video, we will write to a zip file from a list of files being presented on screen. The user can select which files they wish to add to the zip file and a dialog will be shown asking for the zipped file name. (Download the Project)
• Compressing Streams with RadZipLibrary – With the new Zip Library you can easily compress and decompress your streams with the preferred compression level. This is useful in instances where you may need to send your stream over the internet. (Download the Project)

Wrap-Up

Thanks for reading (and watching) and if you have any questions or comments then please let me know. Also, keep watching the XAMLflix page as we are releasing two new videos series each and every week. You should also go back and watch any videos that you may have missed.