>>>We don't want to purchase a 3rd party tool just to do one single ZIP command in a project. Is there a way to do that directly with a DLL?
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>>If you're looking for a free dll/activex do search in messages on 'zlib'.
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>I thought there was something already present in the DLL either at VFP or OS level that we could use. Otherwise, we have to support another tool just for one command.

AFAIK, There is nothing in VFP to do that.