CREATING CAB FILES IN .NET

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.Deployment.Compression.Cab
Public Class Test

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim path As String = "c:\Newfolder\MyTest.txt"

        ' Delete the file if it exists.
        If File.Exists(path) Then
            File.Delete(path)
        End If

        'Create the file.
        Dim fs As FileStream = File.Create(path)

        AddText(fs, "This is some text")
        AddText(fs, "This is some more text,")
        AddText(fs, Environment.NewLine & "and this is on a new line")
        AddText(fs, Environment.NewLine & Environment.NewLine)
        AddText(fs, "The following is a subset of characters:" & Environment.NewLine)

        Dim i As Integer

        For i = 1 To 120
            AddText(fs, Convert.ToChar(i).ToString())

        Next

        fs.Close()

        Dim __cab As CabInfo
        Dim list As New List(Of String)
        list.Add("c:\Newfolder\MyTest.txt")
        __cab = New CabInfo("c:\Newfolder\cab1.cab")
        __cab.PackFiles(Nothing, list, Nothing)
        ''Open the stream and read it back.
        'fs = File.OpenRead(path)
        'Dim b(1024) As Byte
        'Dim temp As UTF8Encoding = New UTF8Encoding(True)

        'Do While fs.Read(b, 0, b.Length) > 0
        '    Console.WriteLine(temp.GetString(b))
        'Loop

        'fs.Close()
    End Sub

    Private Shared Sub AddText(ByVal fs As FileStream, ByVal value As String)
        Dim info As Byte() = New UTF8Encoding(True).GetBytes(value)
        fs.Write(info, 0, info.Length)
    End Sub
End Class