[RESOLVED] compress files with vb

[bybruno]

hi.
i looking for a utility like unrar ou rar for compress files that
i want by command line, can anyone tell me about one that is free
and ok to distribut with my aplication?

i tested the rar and unrar but i can´t find a sintax for creat a file
anyone know what is the right sintax for do that?

thanks
bruno

[bushmobile]

why not build compression / decompression functionality into your app: http://www.vbaccelerator.com/home/VB...sion/index.asp

[cssriraman]

Using WinZip:

How to use WinZip to zip and unzip files.

[bybruno]

thanks for the help
i will try that.
any one know the command for use the winrar?
i was searching a long time for that and i can´t find nothing in time of dos and win95
i use a rar.exe version for dos that run in command line only and i want use one of that type, but now in new winrar i don´t know who do that the commands don´t work as aspectated any one know the command or the correct version for use that?
thanks
bruno

[cssriraman]

hmmmm.

Even WinRar has rar.exe. Anyway Here is the commandline parameters of Rar.exe:

RAR 3.40   Copyright (c) 1993-2004 Alexander Roshal   8 Sep 2004
Registered to Virtual

Usage:     rar <command> -<switch 1> -<switch N> <archive> <files...>
               <@listfiles...> <path_to_extract\>

<Commands>
  a             Add files to archive
  c             Add archive comment
  cf            Add files comment
  cw            Write archive comment to file
  d             Delete files from archive
  e             Extract files to current directory
  f             Freshen files in archive
  i[par]=<str>  Find string in archives
  k             Lock archive
  l[t,b]        List archive [technical, bare]
  m[f]          Move to archive [files only]
  p             Print file to stdout
  r             Repair archive
  rc            Reconstruct missing volumes
  rn            Rename archived files
  rr[N]         Add data recovery record
  rv[N]         Create recovery volumes
  s[name|-]     Convert archive to or from SFX
  t             Test archive files
  u             Update files in archive
  v[t,b]        Verbosely list archive [technical,bare]
  x             Extract files with full path

<Switches>
  -             Stop switches scanning
  ac            Clear Archive attribute after compression or extraction
  ad            Append archive name to destination path
  ag[format]    Generate archive name using the current date
  ao            Add files with Archive attribute set
  ap<path>      Set path inside archive
  as            Synchronize archive contents
  av            Put authenticity verification (registered versions only)
  av-           Disable authenticity verification check
  c-            Disable comments show
  cfg-          Disable read configuration
  cl            Convert names to lower case
  cu            Convert names to upper case
  df            Delete files after archiving
  dh            Open shared files
  ds            Disable name sort for solid archive
  e<attr>       Set file exclude attributes
  ed            Do not add empty directories
  en            Do not put 'end of archive' block
  ep            Exclude paths from names
  ep1           Exclude base directory from names
  ep2           Expand paths to full
  ep3           Expand paths to full including the drive letter
  f             Freshen files
  hp[password]  Encrypt both file data and headers
  idp           Disable percentage display
  ieml[addr]    Send archive by email
  ierr          Send all messages to stderr
  ilog[name]    Log errors to file (registered versions only)
  inul          Disable all messages
  ioff          Turn PC off after completing an operation
  isnd          Enable sound
  k             Lock archive
  kb            Keep broken extracted files
  m<0..5>       Set compression level (0-store...3-default...5-maximal)
  mc<par>       Set advanced compression parameters
  md<size>      Dictionary size in KB (64,128,256,512,1024,2048,4096 or A-G)
  ms[ext;ext]   Specify file types to store
  o+            Overwrite existing files
  o-            Do not overwrite existing files
  oc            Set NTFS Compressed attribute
  os            Save NTFS streams
  ow            Save or restore file owner and group
  p[password]   Set password
  p-            Do not query password
  r             Recurse subdirectories
  r0            Recurse subdirectories for wildcard names only
  rr[N]         Add data recovery record
  rv[N]         Create recovery volumes
  s[<N>,v[-],e] Create solid archive
  s-            Disable solid archiving
  sfx[name]     Create SFX archive
  si[name]      Read data from standard input (stdin)
  t             Test files after archiving
  ta<date>      Process files modified after <date> in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format
  tb<date>      Process files modified before <date> in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format
  tk            Keep original archive time
  tl            Set archive time to latest file
  tn<time>      Process files newer than <time>
  to<time>      Process files older than <time>
  ts<m,c,a>[N]  Save or restore file time (modification, creation, access)
  u             Update files
  v             Create volumes with size autodetection or list all volumes
  v<size>[k,b]  Create volumes with size=<size>*1000 [*1024, *1]
  vd            Erase disk contents before creating volume
  ver[n]        File version control
  vn            Use the old style volume naming scheme
  vp            Pause before each volume
  w<path>       Assign work directory
  x<file>       Exclude specified file
  x@            Read file names to exclude from stdin
  x@<list>      Exclude files in specified list file
  y             Assume Yes on all queries
  z<file>       Read archive comment from file

[bybruno]

thanks
bruno

[cssriraman]

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[bushmobile]

are WinZip and WinRar distributable? you have to pay for both - so you probably can't distribute them and you'd have to rely on them being on the users computer - which they might not be.

7zip is free so that might be an option - or just build it into your app