[AccessD] OT RE: Rar vs winzip

False modesty mate. You're waaaaayyyy smarter than you pretend.

-- Andy Lacey
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>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darren D
>Sent: 13 February 2008 23:07
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>Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT RE: Rar vs winzip
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>
>Hi Jim
>
>You assume waaaaayyyy too much of me :-)
>
>I am a Luddite - Andy will concur
>
>Thanks anyway though
>
>Darren
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>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
>Sent: Wednesday, 13 February 2008 10:48 PM
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>Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT RE: Rar vs winzip
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>Hi Darren:
>
>I did not look at the code that closely but being in the 
>business as long as you and I it should be of little 
>difficulty to translate if we wanted to. 
>
>Jim
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darren D
>Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:57 PM
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>Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT RE: Rar vs winzip
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>Hi Jim
>
>I can see the value and power in the algorithm link you posted
>
>Does anyone know of a VB equivalent?
>
>I know nothing about Delphi or how to 'convert' from Delphi to VB(A)
>
>Darren
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>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
>Sent: Wednesday, 13 February 2008 10:39 AM
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>Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT RE: Rar vs winzip
>
>Hi Arthur:
>
>There are only a limited number of compression algorithms and 
>as far as I know they are all in the public domain, in one 
>form or another (check out the open source community if you 
>have any doubts.). You are only paying for the implementation 
>and packaging now. 
>
>I use to use and very much like LZH compression
>(http://www.sxlist.com/techref/language/delphi/swag/ARCHIVES004
>1.html) along with the PKZIP group of compression routines.
>
>Jim 
>
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>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of 
>Arthur Fuller
>Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:53 PM
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>Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT RE: Rar vs winzip
>
>As a long-time user of winRAR, I did want to add one thing to 
>this thread. It can generate standard Zip files too. If you 
>right-click from the Explorer window, choose "add to archive" 
>instead of automatically naming the file. A dialog comes up 
>enabling you to switch from RAR to ZIP format.
>
>Arthur
>
>On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 12:38 PM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Yep, and that is precisely what happened.  FAST though.
>>
>>
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