WimArchive.WimArchive

WimArchive(Stream)

Initializes a new instance of the WimArchive class and composes entries list can be extracted from the archive.

public WimArchive(Stream sourceStream)

Parameter	Type	Description
sourceStream	Stream	The source of the archive. It must be seekable.

exception	condition
ArgumentNullException	sourceStream is null.
ArgumentException	sourceStream is not seekable.
InvalidDataException	sourceStream is not valid wim archive.

This constructor does not unpack any entry. See Open method for unpacking.

The following example shows how to extract all of the entries to a directory.

using (var archive = new WimArchive(File.OpenRead("archive.wim")))
{ 
   archive.Images[0].ExtractToDirectory("C:\\extracted");
}

Initializes a new instance of the WimArchive class and composes entries list can be extracted from the archive.

public WimArchive(string path)

Parameter	Type	Description
path	String	The path to the archive file.

exception	condition
ArgumentNullException	path is null.
SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission to access.
ArgumentException	The path is empty, contains only white spaces, or contains invalid characters.
UnauthorizedAccessException	Access to file path is denied.
PathTooLongException	The specified path, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length. For example, on Windows-based platforms, paths must be less than 248 characters, and file names must be less than 260 characters.
NotSupportedException	File at path contains a colon (:) in the middle of the string.
FileNotFoundException	The file is not found.
DirectoryNotFoundException	The specified path is invalid, such as being on an unmapped drive.
IOException	The file is already open.

This constructor does not unpack any entry. See Open method for unpacking.

The following example shows how to extract all of the entries to a directory.

using (var archive = new WimArchive("archive.wim")) 
{ 
   archive.Images[0].ExtractToDirectory("C:\\extracted");
}