Delayed response, but there is also the new portable compression library from Microsoft on NuGet http://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Bcl.Compression/
Here is an article from MSDN that describes how to use it http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2013/08/22/portable-compression-is-now-stable.aspx -David Burela Infragistics On 3 October 2013 22:52, <anthonyatsmall...@mail.com> wrote: > Thanks people J > > > > Anthony > > Melbourne StuffUps…learn from others, share with others! > > http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > NOTICE : The information contained in this electronic mail message is > privileged and confidential, and is intended only for use of the addressee. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication > is strictly prohibited. > If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender > by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or disclosing > it. (*13POrtC*) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Friday, 4 October 2013 10:32 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: compression library > > > > Beware that System.IO.Compression before 4.5 can only deflate/inflate > streams, and although the two provided algorithms are standards, I never > dared use them outside of the boundary of a single app. From 4.5 you get > ZIP support. > > > > I am currently using free SharpZipLib on the server side on combination > with costly ComponentOne C1Zip class on the Silverlight client side. I have > found that server to client works correctly, but in the other direction I > have received decompress errors which hints at subtle and treacherous > incompatibilities. > > > > I spent hours trying to get SharpZipLib to compile for Silverlight but > gave up in tears and had to use C1Zip. > > > > To confuse matters there is also Ionic.Zlib which I found years after > SharpZipLib and I actually prefer it these days because of a clearer API > with some nice convenient high-level methods. I also managed to compile > Zlib for Silverlight quite easily and I'm using it both sides of another > Server-Silverlight app pair. Of course I feel much safer using the same > library on both sides and wouldn't expect incompatibilities like previously > mentioned. > > > > Greg > > > > On 4 October 2013 09:16, David Kean <david.k...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > System.IO.Compression namespace. > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *anthonyatsmall...@mail.com > *Sent:* Thursday, October 3, 2013 4:11 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* compression library > > > > Anyoe suggest a library to compress/decompress byte data? > > > > Anthony > > Melbourne StuffUps…learn from others, share with others! > > http://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Ideas-Incubator-Stuffups-Failed-Startups/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > NOTICE : The information contained in this electronic mail message is > privileged and confidential, and is intended only for use of the addressee. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication > is strictly prohibited. > If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender > by reply transmission and delete the message without copying or disclosing > it. (*13POrtC*) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >
