Reading ZIP/CAB archives

3 Jan 2007 12:21 AM

John Stivenson

What is the simplest way to read a ZIP/CAB archive from a .NET 2.0 application?
I don't need to create new archives, just to read existing ones.

3 Jan 2007 12:29 AM

Henning Krause [MVP - Exchange]

Hello,

I believe, the standard for this is still
http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/.

..NET 2.0 has some compression features, but no full ZIP support.

As for CAB files, you'll have to stick to Win32 interop do manipulate
those...

Best regards,
Henning Krause

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"John Stivenson" <JohnStiven***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What is the simplest way to read a ZIP/CAB archive from a .NET 2.0
> application?
> I don't need to create new archives, just to read existing ones.