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  {
    "Id": "518289",
    "ThreadId": "233769",
    "Html": "\r\n<p>I am trying to use the wonderful DotNetZip library to read a small compressed file. The file contains just one entry, and I am reading that entry (file) into a string. Works great, but I get a consistent issue: After the function executes, the original zip\r\n file remains open (it cannot be deleted since it is in use).<br>\r\nIs there any close() type of function to use after extracting, to ensure that the original file is closed / its handle released?<br>\r\nThank in advance. (The code I use is below)<br>\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>\r\npublic static bool DecompressZipToString(string fileURISource, ref string strDataDest, ref string errMsg)<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; try<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ZipFile zip = ZipFile.Read(fileURISource);<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ZipEntry ze = zip.Entries.ElementAt(0);<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ze.Extract(ms);<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ms.Flush();<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ms.Position = 0;<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(ms);<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; strDataDest = sr.ReadToEnd();<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ms.Close();<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sr.Close();<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; catch (Exception ex)<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; errMsg = &quot;Error decompressing file: &quot; &#43; ex.Message;<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return false;<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return true;<br>\r\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }<br>\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p>\r\n",
    "PostedDate": "2010-11-06T20:22:39.603-07:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  },
  {
    "Id": "518367",
    "ThreadId": "233769",
    "Html": "\r\n<p>ZipFile is <a href=\"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.idisposable.aspx\">\r\nIDisposable</a>.&nbsp; You must use a <a href=\"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yh598w02.aspx\">\r\nusing</a> clause.</p>\r\n<p>It would be good form to do that also for the MemoryStream, and the StreamReader, which are also IDisposable. That would be 3 distinct using clauses.</p>\r\n",
    "PostedDate": "2010-11-07T06:30:44.323-08:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  },
  {
    "Id": "518416",
    "ThreadId": "233769",
    "Html": "\r\n<p>Thank you, that did it.</p>\r\n",
    "PostedDate": "2010-11-07T09:55:25.737-08:00",
    "UserRole": null,
    "MarkedAsAnswerDate": null
  }
]