AS3 has a built in compression function, similar algorithm to ZIP.
flash.utils.ByteArray.compress() and uncompress().

Should be much faster & better compression than any algorithm written
in actionscript.

-David R

On 8/4/06, vineet_sc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> meychi's got an actionscript 2.0 LZX implementation you can use:
>
> http://www.meychi.com/archive/000031.php
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Open Source Flash Mailing List <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2006 6:57:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [osflash] AS3 File Zip & Unzip utility
>
> Thanks,
>
> I was looking at using it mainly on xml files that are getting a bit big, so
> the http compression might be the way to go.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Bob Ippolito
> Sent: 03 August 2006 23:09
> To: Open Source Flash Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [osflash] AS3 File Zip & Unzip utility
>
>
> On Aug 3, 2006, at 1:55 PM, jim wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know if it would be possible to zip & unzip files
> > directly in
> > Actionscript 3? I am looking for a way to reduce download sizes of
> > assets
> > loaded at runtime.
> >
> > I have had a quick hunt on sourceforge & codeprojct but before I
> > dig into it
> > any further I was hoping someone else might have had a similar idea
> > and know
> > of an open source zipping utility that I could look at porting the
> > code
> > from.
>
> What kind of assets are you talking about? Compression isn't going to
> do anything for you with SWF, PNG, JPEG, MP3, GIF, FLV. Text is all
> you're really going to be able to compress. Even that may already be
> compressed by HTTP if the server and the browser are configured and
> able to do so.
>
> If you really do have a use case for text compression, search for
> zlib as3.
>
> -bob
>
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