GZip Compression

Download Chilkat Zip ActiveX (includes objects for .zip, .gz, .bz2, and .Z)

Delphi sample code to GZip compress a file.

// GZip compress a file.
// In this example, we create hamlet.xml.gz from hamlet.xml
// The hamlet.xml test data file is available at
// http://www.chilkatsoft.com/testData/hamlet.xml
procedure TForm1.Button15Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  // The Gzip object is included with the Chilkat Zip license.
  Gzip1.UnlockComponent('anything for 30-day trial');

  Gzip1.CompressFile('hamlet.xml','hamlet.xml.gz');

end;