C#

using (MemoryStream xmlStream = new MemoryStream())
{
    using (GZipStream deCompStream = new GZipStream(File.Open(gzFilePath, FileMode.Open), CompressionMode.Decompress, true))
    {
        deCompStream.CopyTo(xmlStream);
        deCompStream.Close(); // using 'Close here fixes a common problem with GZipStream
    }
    someClassInstance = (SomeClass) serializer.ReadObject(xmlStream);
}

public class SomeClass {

      [DataMember()]
      public string FirstName;

      [DataMember]
      public string LastName;

      public static bool ObjectToGZ(SomeClass instance, string gzFilePath) {
         using (GZipStream zipstream 
         = new GZipStream(File.Open(gzFilePath, FileMode.Create), CompressionMode.Compress, false)) {
            DataContractSerializer ser = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(SomeClass));
            ser.WriteObject(zipstream, instance);
            zipstream.Close();
         }
         return true;
      }

      public static SomeClass GZToObject(string gzFilePath) {
         DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(SomeClass));
         SomeClass someClassInstance = null;

         using (GZipStream deCompStream 
         = new GZipStream(File.Open(gzFilePath, FileMode.Open), CompressionMode.Decompress, false)) {
            someClassInstance = (SomeClass)serializer.ReadObject(deCompStream);
         }

         return someClassInstance;
      }
   }

SomeClass some1 = new SomeClass() { FirstName = "A", LastName = "B" };
SomeClass.ObjectToGZ(some1, "C:\\TEMP\\BillTest1.gz");
SomeClass some2 = SomeClass.GZToObject("C:\\TEMP\\BillTest1.gz");

BillWoodruff wrote:

Interesting that in all the searching/reading I did here and on StackOverFlow, I came across no mention of this. Time for a Tip/Trick ?

http://stackoverflow.com/a/1232519/124386[^]

Reset the position of the stream before reading.

http://stackoverflow.com/a/21991099/124386[^]

You also have to set the position to 0 if you want to read data from the beginning.

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/vstudio/en-US/962b4a6e-f216-49cd-88fc-a488516c6cd1/empty-file-after-write-from-memorystream[^]

a usual error is to forget to set Position[^] to 0 after having written to a memory stream

private void SetFontSize(int start, int end, float fontsize)
{
    // save current selection
    int currentselstart = richTextBox1.SelectionStart;
    int currentsellength = richTextBox1.SelectionLength;
    
    richTextBox1.SuspendLayout();
    
     richTextBox1.Select(start, end);
     richTextBox1.SelectionFont = new Font(richTextBox1.Font.FontFamily, fontsize);
    
    richTextBox1.ResumeLayout();

    // restore the previous selection    
    richTextBox1.Select(currentselstart, currentsellength);
    richTextBox1.Focus();
}

• Properties (C# Programming Guide)[^]
• Using Properties (C# Programming Guide)[^]

public void WardList()
        {
            #region Load Values...
            int count = 1;
            List WWList = new List();
            Engine E = new Engine();
            SQLiteCommand CMD = new SQLiteCommand(E.SelectSQL("WARDS") + " ORDER BY [WARDNUMBER];", E.Conn);
            SQLiteDataReader RDR = CMD.ExecuteReader();
 
            while (RDR.Read())
            {
                WardWise WW = new WardWise();
                WW.Serial = count;
                WW.WardNumber = Convert.ToInt32(RDR["WARDNUMBER"]);
                WW.WardCount = WardCount(WW.WardNumber);
                WW.Name = RDR["NAME"].ToString();
                WW.Manager = RDR["MANAGER"].ToString();
                WW.TotalTax = WardExists(WW.WardNumber) ? WardWiseTax(WW.WardNumber) : 0;
                WW.TotalPaid = WardExists(WW.WardNumber) ? WardWiseTax(WW.WardNumber, false) : 0;
                WW.Balance = WW.TotalTax - WW.TotalPaid;
                count++;
                WWList.Add(WW);
            }
            #endregion

            using (ExcelPackage EP = new ExcelPackage(Masters, Template))
            {
                double hook = 8;
                ExcelWorksheet Sheet = EP.Workbook.Worksheets["AWW"];
 
                foreach (WardWise WW in WWList)
                {
                    Sheet.Cells["A" + hook].Value = WW.Serial;
                    Sheet.Cells["B" + hook].Value = WW.WardNumber + " [" + WW.WardCount + "]";
                    Sheet.Cells["C" + hook].Value = WW.Name;
                    Sheet.Cells["D" + hook].Value = WW.Manager;
                    Sheet.Cells["E" + hook].Value = WW.TotalTax;
                    Sheet.Cells["F" + hook].Value = WW.TotalPaid;
                    Sheet.Cells["G" + hook].Formula = ("E" + hook) + "-" + ("F" + hook);
                    hook++;
                }
                Sheet.Cells["A8:G" + (hook - 1)].Style.Border.Top.Style =
                    Sheet.Cells["A8:G" + (hook - 1)].Style.Border.Bottom.Style =
                    Sheet.Cells["A8:G" + (hook - 1)].Style.Border.Left.Style =
                    Sheet.Cells["A8:G" + (hook - 1)].Style.Border.Right.Style = ExcelBorderStyle.Thin;
 
                Sheet.Cells["G" + (hook + 1)].Formula = string.Format("SUM(G8:G{0})", hook - 1);
                Sheet.Cells["G" + (hook + 1)].Style.Font.Bold = true;
                Sheet.Cells["G" + (hook + 1)].Style.Border.Top.Style =
                    Sheet.Cells["G" + (hook + 1)].Style.Border.Bottom.Style =
                    Sheet.Cells["G" + (hook + 1)].Style.Border.Left.Style =
                    Sheet.Cells["G" + (hook + 1)].Style.Border.Right.Style = ExcelBorderStyle.Thick;
 
                EP.Save();
            }
            Process P = Process.Start(MastersFile);
            handle = P.MainWindowHandle;
            SetForegroundWindow(handle);
        }

private static readonly string TemplatesFile =
            Path.Combine(Directories.CurrentDirectory, "Reports", "ReportsTemplate.xlsx");
        private static readonly string MastersFile =
            Path.Combine(Directories.CurrentDirectory, "Reports", "Master.xlsx");
        private static FileInfo Template = new FileInfo(TemplatesFile);
        private static FileInfo Masters;

A first chance exception of type 'System.ObjectDisposedException' occurred in System.Data.SQLite.dll