Xceed .NET Libraries Documentation
Xceed.Compression.Formats Assembly / Xceed.Compression.Formats Namespace / ZLibCompressedStream Class / Decompress Method / Decompress(Byte[]) Method
An array of bytes to decompress.


    Decompress(Byte[]) Method
    Decompresses an array of ZLib formatted compressed bytes.
    Syntax
    'Declaration
     
    Public Overloads Shared Function Decompress( _
       ByVal buffer() As Byte _
    ) As Byte()
     
    'Usage
     
    Dim buffer() As Byte
    Dim value() As Byte
     
    value = ZLibCompressedStream.Decompress(buffer)

    Parameters

    buffer
    An array of bytes to decompress.

    Return Value

    An array of bytes containing the decompressed data.
    Remarks

    If the original data contained within the decompressed byte array was a string, then it is possible to retrieve the string using the System.Text.Encoding.GetString(System.Byte[]) method of the System.Text.Encoding class.

    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

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