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"Compressing files and data",

http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/?id=compression&lang=en

Compressing files and data

CAB format:

Microsoft Cabinet Software Development Kit

http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;310618

You can build CAB files using the Windows' "MAKECAB.EXE" utility. For

extracting CAB files, you can use Microsoft's "EXTRACT.EXE", which is

available on the Windows XP CD or as part of the Windows XP Support Tools:

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Support Tools

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=49ae8576-9bb9-4126-9761-ba8011fabf38

Alternatively you can use p/invoke with 'SetupIterateCabinet'. A VB6

sample can be found here:

View and Extract CAB File Contents Programmatically

http://www.thescarms.com/vbasic/CabExplorer.asp

ZIP format and other archive formats:

Using J#'s ZIP functionality:

Using the Zip Classes in the J# Class Libraries to Compress Files and Data
with C#

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/03/06/zipcompression/

.NET 2.0 contains ZIP support too in the namespace System.IO.Compression

The Zip, GZip, BZip2 and Tar Implementation For .NET

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

zlib Home Site

http://www.gzip.org/zlib/

The Visual Basic .NET Resource Kit contains zipping functionality too. Note

that the resource kit is not available any more:

The Visual Basic .NET Resource Kit

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

ZIP components contained in the resoure kit:

ComponentOne Zip™ for .NET

http://www.componentone.com/products.aspx?TabTypeID=1&ItemType=1&PanelIndex=14&ItemID=53569&SubCategoryTypeID=0&TabMapID=57&TabID=70