Is it possible to programmatically zip/unzip files in vb.net? Meaning, not that it will extract the files for the user, but take the files inside the zip and be able to use them in the application? Then, is it possible for this to create a zip?
I couldn't seem to find a compression namespace anywhere.
Thanks for the help!
We used SharpZibLib in the past with great success.
You can also have look at the System.IO.Compression namespace, it provides the functionality compress and decompress streams but unfortunately not the functionality to extract files from a Zip file :(
Update:
I wasn't aware of this namespace System.IO.Packaging, seems it can indeed deal with files 'packed' into a zip file.
For an excellent commercial solution try http://xceed.com/
We have used this and it's great for working with zip file (and for merging and creating self-extracting zips if this is required)
note: Not affiliated with Xceed in any way.