Zipping files

[RJN]

Hi

Does .Net provide libraries for zipping files? I read that a third party
component CSharplib is available for doing this. Is there any license
restriction for using this?

Thanks

rjn

 

[Samuel R. Neff]

#ziplib. Free (what we use). It's GPL with an exception to allow
redistributing in compiled form with commercial app. We zip up files
in a directory and also do direct in-memory-to-zip compression and
this library works well fo rus.

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/Default.aspx

J#. Free (with lots of extra stuff in the dll).

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/06/ZipCompression/default.aspx

VB Resource Kit. Includes lots of stuff including a zip library.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/vbrkit/

Xceed Zip. Commercial. Has some features not found in others like
creating self-extractor modules.

http://www.xceedsoft.com/products/ZipNet/index.aspx

HTH,

Sam