Compressing files
John Many thanks for yor time, i got the terminology wrong, i now plan to use the interop.shell32 created by the xp version (not the shell32.dll itself) Regards Steve
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The interop.shell32.dll and the shell32.dll are different animals. Don't mess with the shell32.dlls. Use whatever interop.shell32.dll floats your boat.
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I have now installed VS2005 on an xp machine, i copied my project directly from my vista machine, i had to amend 1 reference (not the shell32), i compiled the project and it zipped my files correctly....
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Hi John Thank you for your input, i will install vs2005 on an xp machine and try it. Regards Steve
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I tried your code, actually the following code which is equivalent:Code BlockPrivateSub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.ClickDim Filename...
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Hi Derek I dont think for one minute that you are poking your nose, i am gratefull for any advice, you are quite right in what you are saying regarding relying on a part of an operating system and...
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Hi, This is just me sticking my nose in but this highlights a very common problem and that is falling back on Operating System functionality. In that when the operating system changes the application...
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Hi John I may not have been clear, i need to zip using code, which allows users to upload files amongst othert hings. To give you an idea here is the home page of my product Rgds Steve
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Thanks to both of you guys. The reason why i didnt use a third party zip tool was because i thought i had it cracked until this afternoon, how wrong, so will look for a way forward, Ken, the link you...
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SLang wrote:Ken The aim is to compress an .mdb file into a .zip file as a backup, the user can create regular backups, each backup file is kept on the pc, i need to compress to save space, i also zip...
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Take a look at the sharp zip lib. You can use it to create zip files without using the shell32.dll. There should be vb.net samples includedhttp://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SharpZipLib/
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Ken The aim is to compress an .mdb file into a .zip file as a backup, the user can create regular backups, each backup file is kept on the pc, i need to compress to save space, i also zip .mdbs and...
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I am not sure what you are trying to do here. Are you trying to create a zip file?
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Ken Thank you for replying, i am getting desperate at this late stage. I was wondering whether that might be an issue, i was hoping to only have 1 package, do you have any other ideas? Regards Steve
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The version of shell32 that comes with windows vista is not the same as the version included with xp.
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Hi Firstly apologies if this is in the wrong place. I have almost finished my app, i have written in vb.net + vs2005 + Vista. I have found some code to compress files using shell32, this works...
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