self-extracting files in .net

[Guest]

let's say I have a folder or folders with a lot of sequential image files.
I want the .net prog to package it as, maybe, a cabinet file so that
downloading or uploading will be easier.

Ideally, zipping it would be good, but I would like my prog to do the job
instead. So, I was thinking about cabinet files, but I can't figure out how
that can be done. There is no information on that in .net.

So, basically, my question is .... what's the best way to 'zip' a lot of
folders and files into one file for easy uploading and downloading?

 

[Tom Shelton]

let's say I have a folder or folders with a lot of sequential image files.
I want the .net prog to package it as, maybe, a cabinet file so that
downloading or uploading will be easier.

Ideally, zipping it would be good, but I would like my prog to do the job
instead. So, I was thinking about cabinet files, but I can't figure out how
that can be done. There is no information on that in .net.

So, basically, my question is .... what's the best way to 'zip' a lot of
folders and files into one file for easy uploading and downloading?

Zip them using #ziplib from www.icsharpcode.net. I use it in an auto
backup program I wrote as well as several other applications. Work
great!

 

[Guest]

awesome Tom!! Thanks a bunch. I'll try it out

 

[Shifted]

Look up SharpZipLib for a free 3rd party zipping library for .NET. I don't
think there is an easy way to programatically create CAB or MSI files.

-Ron

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

So, basically, my question is .... what's the best way to 'zip' a lot of
folders and files into one file for easy uploading and downloading?

Compressing files and data
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=compression&lang=en>

 

[Guest]

When the setup wizard is used to create an .msi file, are the files contained
in the .msi file compressed?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

When the setup wizard is used to create an .msi file, are the files
contained
in the .msi file compressed?

This depends on the project's options you have set.

 

[Guest]

Under the project's properties, I see a Deployment but nothing on this screen
indicates anything to do with compression. Where and what options should I
set to get compressed files in the set-up msi file?

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Under the project's properties, I see a Deployment but nothing on this
screen
indicates anything to do with compression. Where and what options should
I
set to get compressed files in the set-up msi file?

I created a setup project in VS 2005. In "Project" -> "Properties" I can
select packaging and compression options in "Configuration Settings" ->
"Build".

 

[Guest]

It seems that vb.net 2003 doesn't have this option...too bad. I wonder what
2003 does when you make a setup file. Anyway, VB.net 2005 is a long way off
for me, like a year or so when the bugs are out of it and based on the
complaints I see posted, at least until SP2 comes out for it.