Making a file out of a....

[Master_newbie]

I have a problem, Im making this utility where it takes a folder and compresses it into a file (.pbo) with all of its subdirectorys too, i have tryed many things. If you dont understand what im saying, jsut say u dont understand and ill try to explain it better.

[nabeels786]

so your trying to take every file in a folder and put it into one file?

zip?

[Master_newbie]

yes, but i want it into a file with the extension pbo

[njnets]

I'm guessing here...try creating the empty file and then putting the actual file into it.

Open C:\file.pbo For Output As #1
Print #1, ""
Close #1
 
'put file into hollow file

[Master_newbie]

Hwo do i unpack it?

[TPR25]

You could write your own compression algorithem and uncompression algorithem to do what your asking. I've actually done this quite a few times, but never in VB (in my opinion, VB is poorly suited for this task...especially if the algorithem is fairly intensive). But what you might consider doing is utilizing Window's built in compression routines. By using a simple runtime, you can create CAB files in Windows. What you could do with this then, is just create a CAB file and then re-name the extension. There is a project on planet-source that shows how to create CAB files. Please see:
http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb...11200&lngWId=1