>>>Have you tried the VFPCompression.fll from Craig Boyd? See link:
>>>
>>>http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/spsblog/SearchView.aspx?q=compression#a416ae65b-0af2-4145-8637-aa0d81d77637
>>>
>>>If you have to select all files, I suggest that you keep track of all files and then delete the ones that you do not want.
>>
>>It is not reliable.
>>Too bad because it is fast
>>and with a set of very valid API
>>
>>

>>SET LIBRARY TO vfpcompression.fll
>>? UnzipString(ZipString(REPLICATE('A',5677))) == REPLICATE('A',5677)
>>? UnzipString(ZipString(REPLICATE('A',5678))) == REPLICATE('A',5678)
>>

>
>Strange, I've been using it for years and never noticed a problem. Have you reported this to Craig?


Certainly. But Craig abandoned VFP.
Pity he did not published the source,
I would have settled