Hardik Shah wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I want to zip/compress some files using VB.Net , How can I ?
>
>
> Thanks in advance.

Loane Sharp wrote:

> Hi there
>
> I can't find anything on the System.IO.Compression namespace on MSDN.
>
> Am I overlooking something?

"Joerg Jooss" <news-reply@joergjooss.de> wrote in message
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> Hardik Shah wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I want to zip/compress some files using VB.Net , How can I ?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> If you use .NET 1.x, you have to use a third party library like
> http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/Default.aspx.
>
> .NET 2.0 includes compression classes in the System.IO.Compression
> namespace.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> http://www.joergjooss.de
> mailto:news-reply@joergjooss.de

"Joerg Jooss" <news-reply@joergjooss.de> wrote in message
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> Loane Sharp wrote:
>
>> Hi there
>>
>> I can't find anything on the System.IO.Compression namespace on MSDN.
>>
>> Am I overlooking something?
>
> As I said, this is a .NET 2.0 feature. See
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/3z72378a(en-us,vs.80).aspx
>
> It currently only contains classes for gzip and deflate compression, so
> if you're looking for something compatible to WinZip, use SharpZipLib.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> http://www.joergjooss.de
> mailto:news-reply@joergjooss.de