I had written this, then it seemed you worked things out and I deleted the draft without sending it, but now I see you may still be interested in my results... ;)
-------- Jeffrey Walton wrote: > I hate asking this one, but I'm neck deep in a Memorial Day deadline... > > I compressed an image (generic term... not a picture) using Gzip as > follows below. The archive is created, and image size is showming > compression (1.5 MB -> 450 KB). When I attempt to view in WinZip, I > receive the message, "Cannot open file: it does not appear to be a > valid archive. If you downloaded this file, try downloading the file > again." > > My question[s] is/are: > 1) Does WinZip not handle a GZip properly? Definitely weird behavior... but not necessarily embarrassing. ;) As an additional pair of data points, I did two gzip compressions on my XP SP2 box, and both resulted in files which 7-Zip (my Windows [un]archiver of choice) handled without problems. Details: 7-Zip 4.45 Native Win32 gzip 1.2.4 Cygwin gzip 1.3.5 Robert Roessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rftp.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Crypto++ Users" Google Group. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information about Crypto++ and this group is available at http://www.cryptopp.com. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
