Hi Cetin,

Martin Salias said that HTTP already natively compresses XML, and nothing can be gained by trying to compress it before sending it. I hope he is wrong. I'll try out the xLib and let you know how it goes.

Steven



>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>I have a 3-tier application that pass data between the layers with XML. It can run on DCOM or on HTTP over the internet. The problem with running it on the internet is bandwidth. XML is not that efficient on large sets of data, so I would like to compress it before I send it.
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>>Does anyone know of any good utility to compress XML? If it is not free, and I have to pay for it, that is OK.
>>
>>The functionality I am looking for:
>>1) Preferably compresses memory variables without having to write to files, such as
>>lcCompressedData = oUtility.compress(lcUnCompressedData)
>>lcUnCompressedData = oUtility.unCompress(lcCompressedData)
>>2) Should be easy to distribute in applications. Preferably should be just one COM DLL.
>>
>>Steven
>
>Steven,
>Check http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll
>Cetin