About IPWorks Zip .NET Edition

Advanced file and streaming compression components.

IPWorks Zip allows developers to easily integrate compression and decompression into applications using the Zip, Tar, Gzip, 7-Zip, Bzip2, ZCompress, or Jar standards for compression. The IPWorks Zip components were built from the ground up combining exceptional speed with an excellent data compression ratio.

IPWorks Zip Features

  • Streaming support during file compression/decompression.
  • Delete individual files within and archive without decompressing the entire file.
  • Zip file password encryption.
  • Support for the Open XML Packaging format used in Microsoft Office.
  • A complete unified framework with a common, easy-to-learn object model and simplified interfaces that help you get more done.
  • List the contents of Zip files without having to decompress.
  • Configurable compression level and performance optimization based on either speed or compression ratio.
  • Easily compress or decompress entire directories and their contents.
  • PKZip-compatible Zip compressor for creating self-extracting archives for native Windows platforms.
  • Components are thread-safe on critical members.
  • 128-bit, 192-bit, and 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption.
  • Zip64 Archives support - 4GB+ zip files with virtually unlimited number of included files.
  • Fast, robust, reliable - the components consume minimal resources.
  • Native development components for all supported platforms and component technologies.
  • Rigorously tested, rock solid components that have undergone hundreds of thousands of hours of testing both internally by the QA team and externally through customer installations.
  • Detailed reference documentation, sample applications, fully-indexed help files, and an extensive online knowledge base.