I Have A New Idea For Yall

[crazymarc]

I Have A Idea For Yall VB Mega Programmers... You Know How VBScript And VB Is Almost The Same...Well Why Dont You Build A Program That Zips And Unzips And then Try To Make One That You Can Zip And Unzip On The Web.I Think That Would Be Cool.

[CtrlAltDel]

isnt a zipping program either API or DLL specific, in that you need them to run it? So what if the client PC doesnt have those needed files on it?

what planet are you from?

[crazymarc]

I Found A OCX That You Could Use To Make It Zip On The Web So You Wouldnt Need A DLL Or API To Run It.And I Am From The Planet Called SiliconAlley...

You mean something like WinZip? That some say that takes millions of lines of code.

[billrogers]

Zipping something is not that easy, first of all you must know huffman encoding, which is not that easy of alorithm to learn and use correctly. And megatron is right, something like winzip is alot of code, alot of error checking.

[Edited by billrogers on 06-07-2000 at 04:13 PM]

A friend of mine told me that WinZip had almost as many lines of code as Windows itself. We know this is not true, but it does come close.

Log onto http://www.vbaccelerator.com they have a project up and running which shows how to zip and unzip in vb, including source code. The actually zip/unzip is a freeware thing, and was l think used as the basis for Winzip. Which just goes to show the power of vb

Winzip was programmed using C++

[kedaman]

Don't try to race Winzip, they are million steps ahead. Also can't you think of any other formats than zip zip zip, what about rar and ace? Is there any good controls for those formats? They are much better than zip, although
it's slower to compress.

[r0ach]

I've been to a site (can't remember where or why) that you can select stuff, and then it zips it up, and you can download the created zipfile.

[Paul Warren]

crazymarc - how long does it take for you to type a reply with all those capitalised words in it ? . VB has gone to your brain me thinks. ( and mine, I type your name as CrazyMarc originally )

[kedaman]

strconv ("MAYBE HE WRITES LIKE THIS or maybe like this, but when he use this thing he Can Make It Look Like This" ,vbProperCase)

[crazymarc]

I Just Have A Habit Of Writing Like This Cuz This Is How I Usually Write When Im Typing Up VB Code.And If Anybody Wants The WinZip OCX Just Post A Reply And Then Ill Send It To Ya. - Marc

[kedaman]

Does it have a % progress property Marc?

[crazymarc]

What Do You Mean Kedaman?

[kedaman]

Does it have any progress property so that i can connect it to a progressbar showing how many percent is left to unzip/zip?

[crazymarc]

Yup It Does.It Has A Whole Bunch Of Neat Features.

Is it a WinZip OCX? Or just a regular OCX. If it's made by Winzip then I'll have it.

[kedaman]

Then, send it to me, i might have use of it

Could l also get a copy sent to [email protected] should still be at this site for a month or so.

[crazymarc]

Yup Its Winzip And Its Has Zipping And Unzipping Features.Ill Send To Yall Who Wants It In A Minute.

[gravyboy]

Gimme some sugar!

Erm...<cough>...Please send me the aforementioned file.


Cheers mucka!

My address is [email protected]

[REM]

U know the drill Plz send a copy of the control to me My address is [email protected].

Cheers mate.

REM

[crazymarc]

Heres The URL For The Zip Componet.
http://www.binarywork.net/bw6z393s.zip

Deep and abiding appreciation for the url. Will have a hack at it tonight.....expect numerous threads regarding it's use. Will check the licensing requirements before using in commercial products, though it would appear to be ideal for the next version of one of our products.

[kedaman]

I'm downloading it right now, thanks. So now i have something to play with on my trip

Yup, I'm getting it right now as well!