Command-line file codec sample using algorithm by original author of Zip
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IntermediateAuthor: neophile
Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6
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This requires the completely free ZLib.dll
You can find it in many different colors and flavors at:
http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
...along with some info about the authors and some interesting implementations of it. (NT/2000/XP users/developers, check out CExe)
Below is a sample project that will take a file from a command line and compress it or decompress it accordingly. This is just the guts and I'm sure you'll do more with it (like adding an entry into HKEY_CLASS_ROOT/*) but here goes...
Instructions: Copy the declarations and code below and paste directly into your VB project.
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