ZIP files

[Peter Morris [Droopy eyes software]]

Hi all

To save transfer time, some XML data will be sent to my PPC as a zip file.
My questions are

1) Is there native UnZip functionality in dotnet CF? If not, can someone
recommend something?
2) I would prefer some kind of UnzipStream, so that I can use XmlReader with
the zip file instead of extracting it first and working from disk (too much
space used), is this also possible?

Pete

 

[Jon Abaunza]

Does it have to be Zip?

7 zip provides an sdk that works also for PPC. The size of the files
can be even smaller depending on the compression parameters you set.
This library is GNU.

http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html

Hope it helps
Jon

 

[Sergey Bogdanov]

See this:
http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/Download.aspx

Though, not sure that you can find there something like UnzipStream. But
it can be easily written. Take a look at: samples\cs\unzipfile\UnZipFile.cs

HTH

 

[AlexL [Xceed]]

1) Is there native UnZip functionality in dotnet CF? If not, can someone

recommend something?

Xceed Zip for .NET Compact Framework will let you accomplish what you
need with minimal fuss / coding. It includes a .NET pass-through
stream to make it a snap.

http://www.xceedsoft.com/products/zipnetcf

Hi all

To save transfer time, some XML data will be sent to my PPC as a zip file.
My questions are

1) Is there native UnZip functionality in dotnet CF? If not, can someone
recommend something?
2) I would prefer some kind of UnzipStream, so that I can use XmlReader with
the zip file instead of extracting it first and working from disk (too much
space used), is this also possible?

Pete

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Xceed Software Inc.
http://www.xceedsoft.com

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