What is the best arhive lib for VB?

Question

I am looking for a good arhiver lib (DLL)for VB?

A fast DLL that can pack and unpack file fast and easy!

If possible to be able to pack in .rar & .zip format

tnx!

Answer 1

7-zip has an LZMA SDK that you can use from VB.NET.

Answer 2

Have a look at DotNetZip. It works very well with VB.NET, and is freely available under the MS-PL license.

DotNetZip is an easy-to-use, FAST, FREE class library and toolset for manipulating zip files or folders. Zip and Unzip is easy: with DotNetZip, .NET applications written in VB, C# - any .NET language - can easily create, read, extract, or update zip files. For Mono or MS .NET.

Answer 3

Try the System.IO.Packaging.ZipPackage class.