How to compress/uncompress data in C#

Question

Compression Format:Zip or Rar
How to read/write zip/rar format data in C#?
I remember that there are some functions to process this problem in JAVA!
So,What can I do in C#?
Long for your answer!
thanks!

Administrator · Answer

Sorry, didn't see your link ;-)

Administrator · Answer

Take a look at the GPL licensed library #ziplib

Administrator · Answer

I don't think you can zip directly from the framework but you might want to have a look at some third party components, here is a free one that might do what your after.

Administrator · Answer

At First,Thanks for your reply!
But I want to open a zip/rar file?
How do I do?

Administrator · Answer

In C# or .NET you can package a file to a cabinet(.cab) file. So, this is about the same as .jar files in java.
Hope this helps,
gilthanas