Hello!

I need a string compression algorithm, and I can't find one anywhere.

Actually, I found this one:
http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/s...&txtCodeId=467

But it doesn't work (the dictionary is the wrong size).
Plus, I'm looking for a little bit stronger compression if possible (but not neccesary).

I also found this one:
http://www.planetsourcecode.com/vb/s...txtCodeId=2075

But, it does not work for me, because I need to compress/encrypt strings like:
"Hey everyone, my name is Marcus. How is everyone?"
and that last one makes my string even longer.

(It's for a chat program, client/server). Help?
(If anyone could get the first one working, that might be good!)

Thanks!