>In my application, I used winrar.exe program. It is easy to easy to use and fast. No need to full intall it, only the main exe file, the other dll doesnt need to include.
Additional information: Shareware, ca. $35, 40 day trial.
www.rarsoft.com. Typically produces 30% smaller files than PKZIP. I got even better results with the (free) PowerArchiver 6.1 (version 7 is no longer free), but I am still struggling to make it work from the command prompt.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)