I use a small dll bszip.dll from 2004 that allows me to zip all necessary data files from within the VFP 9 app.
I believe I bought this small utility back then. It was fairly cheap. And in all these years never failed.
>Is there a VFP tool with source code, free if available that would let me zip files?
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