C++ zLib Simple Unzip/Decompress Source Implementation Example

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I am looking into creating a self extracting archive, I don't have any code as of right now, but my idea is simple.

Extract internal zip file to temp directory
Run setup script
Delete temp directory

Simple enough, I would like a simple c++(mingw) example of an implementation of the zLib source for decompressing all contents of a zip file.

If you are wondering why I am using the source and not the library version, since it is supposed to be sort of a setup program, it would be kind of silly to have the user download more than one file.

Posted 26-Jul-13 12:40pm

Sicppy

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pasztorpisti 27-Jul-13 3:52am

Why don't you download the zlib sources and do that overly simple task yourself? btw, zlib contains an example directory as most serious libraries do. Whether mingw or not - really doesn't matter az zlib is pretty much platform independent and compiles with all major compilers. If you are compiling for windows I would recommend using a Visual Studio Express instead of Mingw as the official windows compiler usually has more up to date system headers than its stepbrothers. Mingw has its own uses but I wouldn't use it to write apps that are windows specific from the beginnings.

Sicppy 27-Jul-13 15:50pm

I use Code::Blocks which comes with mingw, I prefer it over visual studio, its more flexible than visual studio, although I do use visual studio often for things like c# and VB.net

pasztorpisti 27-Jul-13 16:00pm

The only advantage of codeblocks over visual studio is that its a crossplatform ide. This is the end of the list. Visual C++ is by far the best C++ development environment especially with the VAssistX and Productivity Powertools plugin.

Sicppy 27-Jul-13 20:58pm

No, no matter what, visual studio will give you multiple files instead of just an exe file you can distribute anywhere, which is what im looking for.

pasztorpisti 27-Jul-13 21:16pm

The same is true to mingw.

Sicppy 28-Jul-13 2:10am

Incorrect, I have made multiple programs with Code::Blocks and MinGW where I have been given a single compiled EXE

pasztorpisti 28-Jul-13 12:29pm

And couldn't you do the same under VS? Interesting...

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