WinRAR or WinZip

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How to call up WinRAR or WinZip to decompress files
without bring up WinRAR or WinZip windows? Just like
the "Extract here" if you right click an rar/zip file
using your mouse.

Thank you very much in advance,

Pengyu.
 
There are ZIP libraries that allow you to directly code in zip functions.
You can also call WinZip via the command line with many options using the
"WinZip Command Line Add-on". I use it quite a bit and it works great.

http://www.winzip.com/wzcline.htm

-Noah Coad
Microsoft MVP & MCP (.NET/C#)
 
people come to this newsgroup to ask questions. If you want to be a jerk,
go hang out in a Christian forum or something.
 
How to call up WinRAR or WinZip to decompress files
without bring up WinRAR or WinZip windows? Just like
the "Extract here" if you right click an rar/zip file
using your mouse.
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If you're using the WinZip format, you could also use the Sharp ZipLib
for manipulating ZIP archives without needing to call out to external
utilities.....

http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/Default.aspx

Marc
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Bern, Switzerland m.scheuner(at)inova.ch
 
That's an excellent suggestion, however, given Sun and MS's rocky
past, I'd suggest exposing a J# class based on your own published
interface (written in C# if possible) that handles ALL your ZIP
interaction. I've a strong feeling J# is going to go the way of the
dodo after a time, due to legalities and/or lack of interest/support.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's nice they added it to .NET, but I
don't think it's going to be open ended. Anyway, as I was saying, I'd
suggest doing all the ZIP interaction in a J# class, so that when J#
is officially retired, you only have to replace that class with a C#
(or other language class) that wraps someone else's ZIP api, which I'm
sure is forthcoming.

$.02
 
Thank you very much for all your kind responses.
Here is what I am doing now. I use WinRAR, which I think
is more flexible and open than WinZIP.

string WinRAR_Path = find where is WinRAR installed.
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(WinRAR_Path, "E -y
__FILE_NAME__");

Pengyu.
 
I guess I would have to agree with you Chris. I wasn't thinking very
long term with my post.

I do like the idea of a C# wrapper class, even if it is just to expose
a static method to use WinRar or WinZip, just so you can more easily
change implementations (especially given the number of unique ideas
posted to this thread).

-mike
 
The following lists some command line parameters for WinZip:

http://memecode.com/docs/winzip.html

I have successfully used the -min option to add files to an archive.
WinZip does appear but it is minimised in the taskbar.

Hope this helps,
Mark

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The following lists some command line parameters for WinZip:

http://memecode.com/docs/winzip.html

I have successfully used the -min option to add files to an archive.
WinZip does appear but it is minimised in the taskbar.

Hope this helps,
Mark




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Here's a free ZIP library that you can call from any .NET language -->
http://www.codeplex.com/DotNetZip. Looks simple enough, and doesn't
rely on your enduser running your own program to already have a ZIP
program installed on their computer...
 
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