Looking for a managed class to work with .zip and .cab files

Sorry for the crosspost. I'm looking for a managed class library that allows
decompressing .zip and/or .cab files. Preferably free. If it supports the
.NET Compact Framework that will be even better. thanks!

Tomer
Tue Jan 23 02:05:16 CST 2007

Hello Wayne,

This is a good starting place: http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/
I'm not sure if it supports CF or has everything you need, but I imagine
it can be adapted fairly easily (we've used it successfully in projects before).

Regards,
Tomer Gabel (http://www.tomergabel.com)
Monfort Software Engineering Ltd. (http://www.monfort.co.il)


> Sorry for the crosspost. I'm looking for a managed class library that
> allows decompressing .zip and/or .cab files. Preferably free. If it
> supports the .NET Compact Framework that will be even better. thanks!
>

Paul
Tue Jan 23 08:34:47 CST 2007

I have used SharpZipLib extensively in Compact Framework projects.

Paul

"Tomer Gabel" <tomer at tomergabel dot com> wrote in message
news:bbeb3cb0b1058c90ced1d9e19e1@news.microsoft.com...
> Hello Wayne,
>
> This is a good starting place:
> http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/
> I'm not sure if it supports CF or has everything you need, but I imagine
> it can be adapted fairly easily (we've used it successfully in projects
> before).
>
> Regards,
> Tomer Gabel (http://www.tomergabel.com)
> Monfort Software Engineering Ltd. (http://www.monfort.co.il)
>
>
>> Sorry for the crosspost. I'm looking for a managed class library that
>> allows decompressing .zip and/or .cab files. Preferably free. If it
>> supports the .NET Compact Framework that will be even better. thanks!
>>
>
>

Wayne
Tue Jan 23 10:57:28 CST 2007

How do you build SharpZipLb in Compact Framework 2.0? I get all sorts of
errors when trying to compile it. Is there a doc somewhere that explains how
to take the desktop solution and port it to compact framework 2.0 and how to
resolve the errors?


"Paul Kay" <pkay@ikigroup.com> wrote in message
news:uHI8kuvPHHA.404@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I have used SharpZipLib extensively in Compact Framework projects.
>
> Paul
>
> "Tomer Gabel" <tomer at tomergabel dot com> wrote in message
> news:bbeb3cb0b1058c90ced1d9e19e1@news.microsoft.com...
>> Hello Wayne,
>>
>> This is a good starting place:
>> http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/
>> I'm not sure if it supports CF or has everything you need, but I imagine
>> it can be adapted fairly easily (we've used it successfully in projects
>> before).
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tomer Gabel (http://www.tomergabel.com)
>> Monfort Software Engineering Ltd. (http://www.monfort.co.il)
>>
>>
>>> Sorry for the crosspost. I'm looking for a managed class library that
>>> allows decompressing .zip and/or .cab files. Preferably free. If it
>>> supports the .NET Compact Framework that will be even better. thanks!
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Jared
Tue Jan 23 20:15:02 CST 2007

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/09/12/using-data-compression-in-net-20.html

gzip wont allow you to un/compress multiple files in one package, but I
think this article has everything you need.

RJ
Tue Jan 23 21:27:01 CST 2007

Unless I misunderstood your question, I don't think you need to look outside
of the .NET Framework BCL. See System.IO.Compression.GZipStream class.
According to the SDK it is supported in Compact Framework 2.0.

"Wayne Goodyear" wrote:

> Sorry for the crosspost. I'm looking for a managed class library that allows
> decompressing .zip and/or .cab files. Preferably free. If it supports the
> ..NET Compact Framework that will be even better. thanks!
>
>

RJ
Tue Jan 23 21:45:01 CST 2007

After reading more, and seeing some examples -

http://blogs.msdn.com/dotnetinterop/archive/2006/04/05/567402.aspx

GZipStream may not work with "PKzip" format, as .zip format is proprietary.
GZipStream seems to conform to a different, but "open" spec.

"RJ" wrote:

> Unless I misunderstood your question, I don't think you need to look outside
> of the .NET Framework BCL. See System.IO.Compression.GZipStream class.
> According to the SDK it is supported in Compact Framework 2.0.
>
> "Wayne Goodyear" wrote:
>
> > Sorry for the crosspost. I'm looking for a managed class library that allows
> > decompressing .zip and/or .cab files. Preferably free. If it supports the
> > ..NET Compact Framework that will be even better. thanks!
> >
> >