'Declaration
 
Public Shared Function WillUseCompression( _
   ByRef method As CompressionMethod, _
   ByRef level As CompressionLevel _
) As Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim method As CompressionMethod
Dim level As CompressionLevel
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = CompressedStream.WillUseCompression(method, level)

public static bool WillUseCompression( 
   ref CompressionMethod method,
   ref CompressionLevel level
)

Parameters

method

The compression method.

level

The compression level.

Return Value

The method changes the specified values if necessary. If the specified compression method is Stored, it sets the compression level to Normal.

If the specified compression level is None, it sets the compression method to Stored unless the Deflated or Deflated64 compression method has been specified, since these methods support writing uncompressed data in their format.

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

CompressedStream Class
CompressedStream Members