Could you read it with CFFile and display only a few thousand lines at a
time (with next, previous, first and last buttons like you would have for a
data set)?



-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 8:53 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Text Compression Utility?

The goal is to compress the file as much as possible but still keep the
formatting, etc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 5:59 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Text Compression Utility?


What is your goal? For the enduser to download a compressed file with a
txt extension? Or do you just want the page to load faster?


On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Mark Stewart wrote:

> I'm looking for a utility that will compress large text files, but not
> change the extension. For example - I have a 2mb text file called
> readme.txt - after compression, it becomes a 100k file still called
> readme.txt. My situation - We have a main frame putting text files
into
> a directory. Through the web, we display these files as links. When a
> user clicks on the link, we display the file. In some cases, these
text
> files reach 2mb. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that
> displaying 2mb files over the web is unacceptable. So, I'm looking for
a
> way to compress them, possibly through a command-line utility or
> something.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> Mark Stewart
> Programmer/Analyst
> CC3
> Phone: 215.672.6900 x1332
> http://www.cc3.com
>
>


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