Handling Zip/Rar

joel2009 · May 11, 2009

I know that Basic does not directly handle these file (it can't decompress them) But what is the best way to handle them otherwise? How do i open these files from code... I've tried calling them from shell and nothing happens.

specci48 · May 11, 2009

Hi joel2009,

I don't know how to work with .rar-files but dzt provided a library to handle (create and extract) .zip-files.

specci48

Erel · May 11, 2009

dzt has created a library for handling zip files: http://www.b4x.com/forum/additional-libraries/3314-dll-version-listings.html

Edit: Need to refresh the page before posting...

taximania · May 11, 2009

joel2009 · May 12, 2009

That is a desktop only library... i'm looking for a solution on the device. Any other ideas?

Cableguy · May 12, 2009

On post #5 of DZT's RAR/ZIP dll, one can read:

Zip and Unzip Library for Basic4PPC. Targets .NET 1.1 (desktop) and .NET 1.0 (device) and needs ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll (open source zip library)
Has 4 functions. All of them works for desktop, but 3 of them works for the device.
For CreateZip (desktop only) and ExtractZip (device and desktop) see previous post.

Therefore, 75% of this dll WORKS on device...

joel2009 · May 12, 2009

Wow sorry, should have read more than the first post i guess

Thanks for the reply

Handling Zip/Rar

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