RealICQClient/Includes/ZLibEx

-- notes ---------------------------------------------------------------------

the zlibex.pas unit included in this archive will work with delphi 5, 6,
and 7. if you previously downloaded my delphi 5 unit, you will notice
that the unit has been renamed. this was done because borland included in
its delphi 6 and 7 lib directories a zlib.dcu file; and i felt it was more
correct to rename my unit and force developers to have to update their
code than to make developers worry about the possible file contention in
delphi 6 and 7.

please contact me if you find any errors, make any changes, add new
functionality, or have any general suggestions so that i may incorporate
them into my version. i can be reached via my website at
http://www.base2ti.com.

thanks.

-- acknowledgements ----------------------------------------------------------

erik turner - thanks for the enhancements and recommendations.
specifically, the ZCompressionStream and ZDecompressionStream routines.
my apologies for the delay in getting these in here.

david bennion - thanks for finding that nasty little endless loop quirk
with the TZDecompressionStream.Read method.

burak kalayci - thanks for emailing to inform me about the zlib 1.1.4
update; and again for emailing about 1.2.1.

-- installation --------------------------------------------------------------

first, copy all of the files into a folder (for example, c:\delphi\zlib).
next, include the folder in the library path in the environment options.
finally, "use" the zlibex unit as needed.

-- contents ------------------------------------------------------------------

delphi 5/6/7 files

zlibex.pas

objects files used by zlibex.pas

adler32.obj
compress.obj
crc32.obj
deflate.obj
infback.obj
inffast.obj
inflate.obj
inftrees.obj
trees.obj

c++ Builder 6 files

DelphiZLib.bpr
DelphiZlib.cpp

zlib 1.2.1 source files (http://www.gzip.org/zlib)

adler32.c
compress.c
crc32.c
deflate.c
example.c
gzio.c
infback.c
inffast.c
inflate.c
inftrees.c
minigzip.c
trees.c
uncompr.c
zutil.c
deflate.h
infback.h
inffast.h
inffixed.h
inftrees.h
trees.h
zconf.h
zlib.h
zutil.h