UseUtf8Encoding Property

Determines whether file names and comments should be stored in UTF8 format.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Visual Basic (Usage)
C#
C++/CLI

Public Property UseUtf8Encoding As Boolean

Dim instance As C1ZipFile
Dim value As Boolean
 
instance.UseUtf8Encoding = value
 
value = instance.UseUtf8Encoding

public bool UseUtf8Encoding {get; set;}

public:
property bool UseUtf8Encoding {
   bool get();
   void set (    bool value);
}

Remarks

The Zip specification does not specify what character encoding to be used for the embedded file names and comments. The original IBM PC character encoding set, commonly referred to as IBM Code Page 437, is supposed to be the only encoding supported. Because of this, some zip utilities will not allow storing file names or comments with Unicode characters. Others do allow it, but those file names and comments may not be read correctly by other utilities.

Setting the UseUtf8Encoding to true causes C1Zip to store and retrieve file names and comments using the Utf8 encoding, which allows Unicode characters. The caveat is that Unicode file names may not be read correctly by other zip utilities.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

C1ZipFile Class
C1ZipFile Members