Compressing files in VB?

[arsmakman]

Hello everyone,

I'm making a presentation program. It's a bit like PowerPoint, but less complicated and for a different purpose.

All files used in the presentation (like images, texts and sounds) should be put into a single 'file-package'. This package should later be opened by my program, which should be able to use the files from the package. (Just like PowerPoint creates a single file with all images and sounds included, which can be loaded in PowerPoint on a different computer.)

Actual compression for the file is not really needed. It could be sort of like a tar-file.

Sadly, I have no idea how to get started with this. So, even pointing me in the right direction will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Alexander.

[wild_bill]

Check out resource files.
http://visualbasic.about.com/od/usin...a/ResVBNET.htm