You can open a pipe to the zip and unzip programs. Unix invented the concept of a stream, so they're well supported. That book probably covers pipes. -----Original Message----- From: delphizip-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:delphizip-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Probst Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 5:33 PM To: delphizip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [delphizip] Re: Zip solution for Kylix? Ideally, I'd like to be able to access the contents of a zip as a stream, since I need to do some special things with the data, rather than just write to another file. Any ideas on that? nathan NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission i= s intended by the sender for the sole use of the named individual or enti= ty to which it is directed and may contain information that is privileged= or otherwise confidential. Please do not copy it or use it for any purp= oses, or disclose its contents to any other person. To do so could viola= te state and Federal privacy laws. If you have received this electronic = mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without cop= ying or forwarding it, and notify the sender of the error by reply email = or by telephone, so that the sender's address records can be corrected. = Thank you for your cooperation. ----------- To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty e-mail message to: delphizip-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word unsubscribe in the subject.