Chilkat Zip ActiveX Control Description:

Affordable, advanced Zip ActiveX Component with many features: Open a Zip on the Web.
Open
and read or unzip the contents of a Zip file from a URL. Standard WinZip Password-Protection
is
Supported. Create or open/decrypt password-protected Zips. OpenFromMemory Allows
you
to open a Zip that is stored in your program's memory. This was created to allow
programs
to access Zips loaded from sources such as a database (an Oracle BLOB for
example).
Includes a robust set of events that allow you to closely monitor the progress
while
zipping and unzipping. Has the ability to abort any zip or unzip operation
while
in progress. AES Encryption Encrypt your data using up to 256-bit AES encryption.
Also
supports Blowfish and Twofish encryption algorithms. Embed ZIPs into EXEs Embed
ZIP
files directly into EXEs, and access them from your program. The ZIP is embedded
as
a named resource, and any number of ZIPs can be embedded in a single EXE. Create
Self-Extracting
EXEs Works with the Chilkat Zip 2 Secure EXE utility to access ZIPs
embedded in EXEs
created by that utility. Unzip Newer Unzips files based on last-modification
time.
Set Exclusions Exclude files matching wildcarded filenames, such as "*.log".
Existing
Zip Component Features Create New ZIPs Create new ZIPs from existing files,
memory
data, or other existing ZIPs. Delete Files in ZIPs Remove specific files within
a
ZIP. ZIP Entire Directories Recursively descend directories to ZIP everything.
Add
Files to ZIPs Adds files to existing ZIPs. Merge ZIPs Merge any number of ZIPs
into
one ZIP. Unzip Unzip and auto-create directories as needed. Unzip Matching Unzip
only
files matching a wildcarded pattern. Access to Compressed Data Directly access
the
data in its compressed format. Memory Compression/Decompression Use ZIP compression
without
ever writing files. Memory-to-ZIP Conversion and Back Allows direct access
to data
within files in the ZIP.