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From: Jamal on 22 Dec 2009 19:22 Geoff, I think you are taking this too far. Microsoft is using GZip format in ASP.NET 4.0 beta 2 to compress session state data. Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s57a598e(VS.100).aspx Jamal "Geoff Schaller" <geoffx(a)softxwareobjectives.com.au> wrote in message news:I6RXm.63807$ze1.34496(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Resist. > > Honestly, in this day and age it is just puerile to start specifying > formats like that. Ask them to stick to standards or they going to pay you > extra? <g> > > Geoff > > > > "John Martens" <adsl672100(a)tiscali.nl> wrote in message > news:4b2fc35e$0$28169$5fc3050(a)news.tiscali.nl: > >> I'm using ZIP compression (with FabZip) but I'm asked to send files >> compressed with GZip. >> >> Did anyone make a function to zip to GZip ? >
From: John Martens on 23 Dec 2009 01:56 Fabrice (and others), Thanks for all the hint. The Gzip is nor ofthe used in my app so I want to keep it as simple as possible. I now think that using the EXE file from gzip.org will do fine. I call it with Geoff's WaitForProcess function that can hide the DOS box so the user does not see a black box flickering (because the gzip action is often but quickly done). John Op 22-12-2009 23:23, Fabrice Foray schreef: > Hi John, > at my website, I have (for VO2.5 but I can send you a VO2.8 version) > all the definitions to use ZLib from VO. > > ZLib is using Deflate, and you can find some functions ( gzopen, > gzwrite, ... ) that allow creation of GZipped files. > If you are interested, send me a private email. ( And I may also > update the Version at my Homepage ) > > Regards, > Fabrice. > > On Dec 21, 7:50 pm, John Martens<adsl672...(a)tiscali.nl> wrote: >> I'm using ZIP compression (with FabZip) but I'm asked to send files >> compressed with GZip. >> >> Did anyone make a function to zip to GZip ? >
From: Geoff Schaller on 22 Dec 2009 20:54
Not really. Designers of website should be cognizant of what they put users and developers through. Why use gzip when more common formats are appropriate? Usually it is laziness. It's the same with websites that insist on using Java. We no longer load java into new PCs and actively prevent such downloads. Hence we won't visit web sites or use tools that insist on Java. It is all part of keeping a PC environment as clean as possible. Geoff "Jamal" <vodotnet_nospam(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:hgrnsb$hcc$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > Geoff, > > I think you are taking this too far. Microsoft is using GZip format in > ASP.NET 4.0 beta 2 to compress session state data. > > Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s57a598e(VS.100).aspx > > Jamal > > > "Geoff Schaller" <geoffx(a)softxwareobjectives.com.au> wrote in message > news:I6RXm.63807$ze1.34496(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > > Resist. > > > > Honestly, in this day and age it is just puerile to start specifying > > formats like that. Ask them to stick to standards or they going to pay you > > extra? <g> > > > > Geoff > > > > > > > > "John Martens" <adsl672100(a)tiscali.nl> wrote in message > > news:4b2fc35e$0$28169$5fc3050(a)news.tiscali.nl: > > > > >> I'm using ZIP compression (with FabZip) but I'm asked to send files > >> compressed with GZip. > >> > >> Did anyone make a function to zip to GZip ? > > > |