Extract Zip files w/o components

[OmniCog]

Is there something I can use to just extract the contents of a zip into a temp folder without having to install any components?

 

[towerbase]

I use WinZip.

This is meant as a serious suggestion. There is a command line interface to WinZip and I call it using ShellExecute from my Delphi program to create zip files. I am sure that one can unzip zip files as well.

But I would be interested to know of any other solutions. What is the objection to using components?

Andrew
Hampshire, UK

 

[OmniCog]

I do not like installing random components unless I absolutely have to, and only on large projects. The project I am working on is small and the feature is not absolutely necessary.

I've manipulated zip archives with PHP, and which only required me to include a small 18 kb file to my project, I was wondering if there are any similiar solutions.

I am currently using PKZip in a similiar fashion, but I like your suggestion because all my users would have winzip and I wouldn't have to distribute the PKZip executable.

Is there any other solutions?

TIA

 

[whosrdaddy]

look for turbopower's abbrevia component on sourceforge.net it works like a charm and it most important thing of all : its free!!!

http://www.damovo.com

 

[OmniCog]

I've come accross abbrevia a couple times before, but the amount of files blew me away because I was just expecting a few .pas files.

I finally folded and instaled the thing, and now im just looking at the demos.

Thanks for all the feedback