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Debbie Early wrote:
> 
> Does anyone out there know of any good 32-bit file compression tool
> (preferabley dlls) compatible with PKZIP?
> 
> Appreciate it!
> Debbie

Just solved my own problem. If anyone else is interested, the answer
was:

http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/WIN32/

Thanks for the info Debbie

Debbie Early wrote:
> 
> Debbie Early wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone out there know of any good 32-bit file compression tool
> > (preferabley dlls) compatible with PKZIP?
> >
> > Appreciate it!
> > Debbie
> 
> Just solved my own problem. If anyone else is interested, the answer
> was:
> 
> http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/
> ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/WIN32/

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Deb,

Search DejaNews.  Someone posted something in the b.public.vdbase.* 
groups.  Within the last 6 months I think, but I don't remember the 
detils.

Tell me if you find it first so I can stop using this LZH dll.  If you 
get stuck LZH is an option, but not really PK compatible and the 
performance is nothing to write home about.

--
pf

In article <35FD4BCD.623FFCCE@mindless.com>, debearly@mindless.com 
says...
> Does anyone out there know of any good 32-bit file compression tool
> (preferabley dlls) compatible with PKZIP?
> 
> 

-- 
Paul Franks (TeamB)

Paul,

Check my reply to myself <g> earlier in the thread...


Paul Franks wrote:
> Tell me if you find it first so I can stop using this LZH dll.  If you
> get stuck LZH is an option, but not really PK compatible and the
> performance is nothing to write home about.

I have recently tested WinZip6.3, from the site:

	http://www.winzip.com/xsupport.htm

It's shareware, and costs only $29. It is quick, spans diskettes, and
has an undocumented command line option for using it within your
program. You are permitted to include the shareware EXE with your app,
if you want the user to pay for the utility.

Debbie Early wrote:
> 
> Debbie Early wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone out there know of any good 32-bit file compression tool
> > (preferabley dlls) compatible with PKZIP?
> >
> > Appreciate it!
> > Debbie
> 
> Just solved my own problem. If anyone else is interested, the answer
> was:
> 
> http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/
> ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/WIN32/

-- 
Bob Newman
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Robert W. Newman wrote:
> 
> I have recently tested WinZip6.3

What I needed was a generic compression dll with an API interface for
several development and OS platforms. InfoZip addressed that nicely.
Thanks, though!

Deb

In article <35FD4BCD.623FFCCE@mindless.com>, debearly@mindless.com 
says...
> Does anyone out there know of any good 32-bit file compression tool
> (preferabley dlls) compatible with PKZIP?
> 

This isn't exactly what you wanted but how about...   "...Shrinker 3.3 - 
Create directly executable 16 & 32 bit Windows 
programs compressed by up to 70%..". 

A trial version is at  www.blinkinc.com

I only had a chance to have a quick play around with this utility but not 
test the end result thoroughly. 

Preliminary results on VdB centric stuff...

5.6 - dbasewin.exe and db55run.exe are "already compressed", however some 
ancillary dlls and the main crystal print engine came back about a 1/3 to 
1/2 their original size.

7.01 - vdb7run.exe, orginally 3,919 Kb, after compression about 1.91Kb  
and it appeared to still be working :-)

Hope this helps.

	- Elwyn.

Have you tried it with one of your own exes?

Elwyn Rees wrote:
> 
> In article <35FD4BCD.623FFCCE@mindless.com>, debearly@mindless.com
> says...
> > Does anyone out there know of any good 32-bit file compression tool
> > (preferabley dlls) compatible with PKZIP?
> >
> 
> This isn't exactly what you wanted but how about...   "...Shrinker 3.3 -
> Create directly executable 16 & 32 bit Windows
> programs compressed by up to 70%..".
> 
> A trial version is at  www.blinkinc.com
> 
> I only had a chance to have a quick play around with this utility but not
> test the end result thoroughly.
> 
> Preliminary results on VdB centric stuff...
> 
> 5.6 - dbasewin.exe and db55run.exe are "already compressed", however some
> ancillary dlls and the main crystal print engine came back about a 1/3 to
> 1/2 their original size.
> 
> 7.01 - vdb7run.exe, orginally 3,919 Kb, after compression about 1.91Kb
> and it appeared to still be working :-)
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
>         - Elwyn.

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In article <MPG.10696f432f7f84c49896d8@forums.inprise.com>, 
teamb@opto-pps.com says...

> Really? That would be nice, perhaps it loads faster too? Did you check 
> that?
> 

I tried running VdB.exe (5,323Kb) in compressed form as VdB1.exe 
(2,581Kb), there doesn't appear to be much of a diference loading between 
the two. However as its compressed with  the trial version, a splash 
screen is launched first, that makes timings dificult.

Looks dead useful though for LAN and WAN operation together with Web 
distribution of VdB apps.


- Elwyn.

On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:01:01 -0700, Debbie Early
<debearly@mindless.com> wrote:

>Does anyone out there know of any good 32-bit file compression tool
>(preferabley dlls) compatible with PKZIP?
>
>Appreciate it!
>Debbie

Check out the web page in my signature - it is the home page for the
addZIP Compression Libraries. New in v0.7 are ActiveX controls which
are ideally suited to VdBase - very easy to create and manipulate
PKZIP-compatible archives with visual feedback to the user.

Stephen J Darlington
Author of the addZIP Compression Libraries
http://welcome.to/addZIP

In article <35FEF3DD.B152BFCD@total.net>, sproket@total.net says...

> Have you tried it with one of your own exes?
> 

Daniel,

I tried a couple of EXEs, but its no dice  :-(

5.6 	- Reports "Already compressed" when trying to run the compression 
	  routine

7.01 	- Compresses the EXE but I get a "Runtime version conflict error"
         When I try to run it.


- Elwyn.

In article <MPG.1068dc7be5611764989726@forums.borland.com>, Elwyn Rees 
grudgingly admits...
> 7.01 - vdb7run.exe, orginally 3,919 Kb, after compression about 1.91Kb  
> and it appeared to still be working :-)
> 
Really? That would be nice, perhaps it loads faster too? Did you check 
that?
-- 
Romain Strieff [TeamB]
check this URL for all the copies of the
previous electronic VdB Newsletters
http://www.openenv.com/feedback/archive/VdBASE/

In article <MPG.106a135fee015bf4989728@forums.borland.com>, Elwyn Rees 
grudgingly admits...
> I tried running VdB.exe (5,323Kb) in compressed form as VdB1.exe 
> (2,581Kb), there doesn't appear to be much of a diference loading between 
> the two. However as its compressed with  the trial version, a splash 
> screen is launched first, that makes timings dificult.
> 
> Looks dead useful though for LAN and WAN operation together with Web 
> distribution of VdB apps.
> 
> 
Definitely.
-- 
Romain Strieff [TeamB]
check this URL for all the copies of the
previous electronic VdB Newsletters
http://www.openenv.com/feedback/archive/VdBASE/

On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 21:24:24 GMT, 106055.2406@compuserve.com (Stephen
Darlington) wrote:

>Check out the web page in my signature - it is the home page for the
>addZIP Compression Libraries. New in v0.7 are ActiveX controls which
>are ideally suited to VdBase - very easy to create and manipulate
>PKZIP-compatible archives with visual feedback to the user.
>
>Stephen J Darlington
>Author of the addZIP Compression Libraries
>http://welcome.to/addZIP

I have upgraded the Vdb 5.6 version of the small demo program, ZipIt,
(by Craig Veal)  included in the packet you can download from Stephens
site.  I have tried to attach the upgraded version, ZipIt32.prg, to
this message but a message returned from the server says 'Binary in
non binary group'  so if you are interested in the code let me know
and I will e-mail you a copy.
J�rgen Feder 

On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 21:24:24 GMT, 106055.2406@compuserve.com (Stephen
Darlington) wrote:


>Check out the web page in my signature - it is the home page for the
>addZIP Compression Libraries. New in v0.7 are ActiveX controls which
>are ideally suited to VdBase - very easy to create and manipulate
>PKZIP-compatible archives with visual feedback to the user.
>
>Stephen J Darlington
>Author of the addZIP Compression Libraries
>http://welcome.to/addZIP


I have upgraded the Vdb 5.6 version of the small demo program, ZipIt,
(by Craig Veal)  included in the packet you can download from Stephens
site.  I have attached the upgraded version, ZipIt32.prg, to this
message.

J�rgen Feder