Henry,
Check out Turbo Zip DLL from
www.bigspeedsoft.com.
Milen Georgiev,
info@bigspeed.net (sole proprietor)
This company offers a $65 DLL that does NOT require registration. Product includes some sample VFP code as well. And there is an evaluation version for you to try before you buy.
Here's what I like about this reasonably priced product:
- easy to distribute
- single file
- small file (64K)
- super fast (claimed to be 2-3x faster than Dynazip)
- inexpensive
Compare these attributes to a product like Dynazip that is over 500K, needs to be registered, and costs several hundred dollars.
The downside is that the developer interface isn't as nice as OOP orientated ActiveX/COM components. Also, this product does not allow you to create self extracting EXE files.
I've used this product on several projects with good success.
Malcolm