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Zip Archive classes for REALbasic

The Zip Package is a set of classes for reading and writing .zip files on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.

Current version is: 2.0.4, released 26 Feb 2010

If you create Zip archives with this software, any Zip compatible software on any operating system will be able to unpack them.

Requirements

• REALbasic or REAL Studio Version 2008 Release 4, or later
• On Windows: The zlib DLL from http://www.zlib.net/ (free)
• Tested to run on: Windows XP and 7, Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.6.2, Ubuntu 9.10

Main features

• New in version 2: Does not require a plugin any more (but can still use the Einhugur e-CryptIt plugin for slightly better performance), using instead the free zlib library, which is even already pre-installed on OS X and Linux systems (you'll have to bundle it on Windows yourself, though).
• Compress entire folders with just a few calls.
• Make incremental backups of folder trees, updating only changed files while keeping multiple snapshots of your folder structure.
• MacBinary support (for preserving Mac OS X's resource forks, particularly Alias files).
• Compatible with PKZIP, Info-Zip, Aladdin Stuffit Zip, ZipIt, WinZip, etc.
• Open source, i.e. you get the complete source code.

This is offered as shareware - if you are using my code in a commercial way, i.e. you are making money with the software that includes my classes, you are expected to pay me a financial tribute. The amount is up to you - a reasonable amount would be around $40 to $200, depending on the value of this code to you. You may pay here: http://tip.tempel.org/

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