Hi

I would like to split large file to chunks (same size except the last chunk), and then recreate the file from the chunks on a different machine.
I have already web service to upload a whole file as a byte array, which then recreate the file from the array. That works fine for a limited size of file.

In this case, I want to send a part of the byte array, save them in a temp file (or other way...) and recreate the original file from there.

I appriciate any assistance or ideas...

Thanks a lot!!!

eelis

WinZip® makes it easy to create Zip files that are split into smaller pieces of a size that you specify. There are several reasons why you might want to do this, such as:

To overcome e-mail size limits. Some e-mail systems limit the size of attachments; if you want to e-mail a large Zip file that exceeds your limit, you can split it into smaller parts and e-mail them separately. As an alternative to spanned Zip files when you want to make multiple copies of the disk set. As an alternative to spanned Zip files when you want to make the disk contents as a separate step from making the disks themselves. To assist with large downloads. Some users may have difficulty downloading very large Zip files from web sites, FTP sites, etc. You can use the split Zip feature to break large files into smaller pieces that can be downloaded separately.
To split a Zip file into smaller pieces:

Open or create the Zip file.
Choose Split from the Actions menu.
Specify the name to be used for the split Zip file. The name must be different from the name of the open Zip file.
Specify the size to be used for the individual parts. You can choose from common sizes using the Part size drop-down list or you can specify your own size. To specify your own size, choose "Other size" in the drop-down list and type the desired size in the Other size field. You can specify the size in bytes, kilobytes (KB), or megabytes (MB); indicate which you're using by clicking the appropriate radio button. The minimum size allowed is 65,536 bytes (64KB). Click OK to create the split Zip file.


Dude

Thanks Dude but I'm trying to do it progaramaticaly using vb.net.
Is there any way to break-up a file (any file type) to chunks(parts) of specific given size, and then recreate the original file from the chunks?

Thanks again.

I would try getting the file size, creating a byte array of that size, then create smaller arrays reading selected chuncks of the larger array into them, finally saving those smaller arrays to individual files. It's gonna be slow...

Thanks Brian for that great advice.
Apparently, it seems to work and not so slow...

I'm not saving it to individual files, but send them (as byte array) using a web service, and then regather them (append) on the other location.