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  krprasad

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  zip unzip using windows builtin

  Jan 06, 2004 12:12 PM|krprasad|LINK

  is there anyway we can use windows xp builtin functionality to compress(zip) and expand(unzip) files and folders., using C# or any .net language.?? is there a way to access windows, like "win api" in the past.?? thanks, prasad
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  Re: zip unzip using windows builtin

  Jan 10, 2004 03:49 PM|ManagedCode|LINK

  Theres very little need to go to the Win32 API as the BCL with 9800 managed classes is so feature rich that you can do virtually everything in managed code. That being said, I am not aware of any zip/unzip classes off the top of my head. If you must go to the Windows API, you use Platform Invoke (P/Invoke) a topic too complex for this topic. Search MSDN on P/Invoke.
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  Re: zip unzip using windows builtin

  Jan 14, 2004 09:29 AM|nberardi|LINK

  Look for a library called SharpZip on the web. It is a very good tool for decompressing files and it has a .Net API.
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  Re: zip unzip using windows builtin

  Mar 14, 2004 10:07 PM|Daniel P.|LINK

  The site you're talking about is probably this one: http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/Default.aspx.
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