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The solution for all your compression, networking, and encryption needs.
Current version: 2011 v2
Platforms: .NET, .NET CF,
Silverlight 4 / 3, Windows Phone, ActiveX
Price: $1,199.95 USD (includes 1-year Vanguard subscription). Royalty-free.

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2011 v2 - August 2011
  • This version of Xceed’s back-end component suite (compression, FTP, data and file manipulation) includes our first component for Windows Phone: Xceed Real-Time Zip for Windows Phone. This new product lets developers add zip/unzip archive capabilities to Windows Phone mobile apps, quickly and easily (Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 or XNA Framework 4.0). Compresses/uncompresses files without intermediate memory storage or temporary files and helps make your apps easier on data plans, something your smartphone owners will love!
2011 v1 - January 2011
  • Xceed Zip for .NET (SFX) v5.1/4.3 and Xceed Zip for .NET CF v4.3 provide compatibility, flexibility, and performance improvements. Specifically, Zip file sizes can be optimized and their creation made more efficient because developers can now decide whether folder entries should be written to the zip archive. Compatibility with Xceed Real-Time Zip for .NET / .NET CF / Silverlight is improved and flexibility is increased in general, as it is now possible to zip using the Deflate format without compression. Resource management has been improved in a way that will help programmers streamline their application logic during development, thanks to a property that returns the number of pending actions remaining to be done on an archive. The stream buffer size of the base file class is now configurable, increasing flexibility and potentially increasing performance based on factors such as the media involved.
  • The Real-Time Zip products (.NET, .NET CF, and Silverlight) have also been updated: compatibility with older zip tools has been increased by making it the default behavior to produce Zip 2.0-compatible archives; this behavior can be changed by the developer, and the ZipWriter can generate uncompressed zip files that the product's ZipReader can read increasing flexibility (combines the Deflate format and no compression).
2010 v3 - July 2010
2010 v2 - May 2010
  • The suite’s .NET products are now built and fully compatible with .NET Framework 4 for Visual Studio 2010. Versions built for .NET 3.5 and lower are still available.
2010 v1 - April 2010
  • The Zip capabilities in Xceed Zip for .NET / .NET CF (updated to v4.2) boast their most significant performance boost yet. Creating and updating zip files can now be significantly faster, thanks to a greatly reduced use of temporary files. A TarEvents class has also been added (see the What's New pages of these products for details).

    The .NET products in this version of Xceed Data Manipulation Suite work only with .NET Framework 2.0 and up.
2009 v3 - August 2009
2009 v2 - August 2009
2009 v1 - March 2009
  • Xceed FTP for .NET and Xceed FTP for .NET Compact Framework have been updated to version 4.0 with enhancements that greatly improve the ability of these products to connect to a server residing behind a firewall. Internal architecture changes improve performance and transfer capabilities, and take advantage of the .NET Framework class SslStream; these improvements are also featured in Xceed Activities for Workflow Foundation, which has been updated to version 1.3. Xceed Upload for Silverlight has been updated to version 1.1 and features the ability to perform uploads of unlimited amounts of data in a single operation or batch.

    The .NET products in this version of Xceed Data Manipulation Suite work only with .NET Framework 2.0 and up. Users developing with .NET 1.1 can obtain the latest bug fixes by downloading the most recent Service Pack.
2008 v3 - September 2008
  • Added Xceed Real-Time Zip for Silverlight v1.0, which brings zip/unzip to any Silverlight 2 application, quickly and easily, without using intermediate disk/memory storage or temporary files. Consequently, it’s the perfect match for Silverlight: it needs no local write access. The first and only professional solution for zipping and unzipping under Silverlight. Works seamlessly with Xceed Upload for Silverlight.

    The .NET products in this version of Xceed Data Manipulation Suite work only with .NET Framework 2.0 and up. Users developing with .NET 1.1 can obtain the latest bug fixes by downloading the most recent Service Pack.
2008 v2 - May 2008
  • Added Xceed Upload for Silverlight v1.0, the world’s first commercially available control for Microsoft’s latest promising new technology, Silverlight 2.

    The .NET products in this version of Xceed Data Manipulation Suite work only with .NET Framework 2.0 and up. Users developing with .NET 1.1 can obtain the latest bug fixes by downloading the most recent Service Pack.
2008 v1 - February 2008
  • Service release. All products now fully compatible with Visual Studio 2008. All samples have been converted to VS2008 (names of Visual Studio 2005 versions now contain "_VS2005").

    The .NET products in this version of Xceed Data Manipulation Suite work only with .NET Framework 2.0 and up. Users developing with .NET 1.1 can obtain the latest bug fixes by downloading the most recent Service Pack.
2007 v4 - August 2007
2007 v3 - May 2007
  • Xceed Zip for .NET: Added the PPMd compression algorithm (used in WinZip 11.0 and up) for superior compression, especially of text and XML files.
  • Xceed FTP for .NET and Xceed FTP for .NET CF: Added MODE Z support and the FEAT command (also known as “Knowledge of Extra Capabilities”).

    The .NET products in this version of Xceed Data Manipulation Suite work only with .NET Framework 2.0 and up. Users developing with .NET 1.1 can obtain the latest bug fixes by downloading the most recent Service Pack.
2007 v2 - April 2007
  • Xceed Zip for .NET and Xceed Zip for .NET Compact Framework: Added BZip2 compression method for improved compatibility with the latest WinZip and greater compression, and BWT compression method for superior compression.

    The .NET products in this version of Xceed Data Manipulation Suite work only with .NET Framework 2.0 and up. Users developing with .NET 1.1 can obtain the latest bug fixes by downloading the most recent Service Pack.
2007 v1 - January 2007
  • Added multiple-location file and folder synchronization to Xceed Zip for .NET and Xceed FTP for .NET. Also added QuickFtp, QuickTar, and QuickGZip classes.

    The .NET products in this version of Xceed Data Manipulation Suite work only with .NET Framework 2.0 and up. Users developing with .NET 1.1 can obtain the latest bug fixes by downloading the most recent Service Pack.
2006 v4 - June 2006
  • HTTP proxy server support added to Xceed FTP for .NET and Xceed Zip for .NET via FileSystem Core. SSL support for secure FTP extended to the FileSystem interface.

    The .NET products in this version of Xceed Data Manipulation Suite are the last versions compiled to run on both .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0. While no new features will be made available for developers working with .NET 1.1, bug fixes for versions designed to work with .NET 1.1 will continue to be made available through Service Packs.
2006 v3 - May 2006
  • AES encryption added to Xceed Zip for .NET and Xceed FTP for .NET (v3.1) via Xceed FileSystem Core for rock-solid security. Compatible with WinZip 9 and 10.
2006 v2 - April 2006
  • Tar and GZip support added to Xceed Zip for .NET and Xceed FTP for .NET (v3.0) via Xceed FileSystem Core. Removed Xceed Zip for .NET CF.
2006 v1
  • Service update
  • Xceed Winsock Library removed from the suite
2005 v4
  • Added Xceed FileSystem to Xceed FTP for .NET (v2.1), meaning seamless integration with Xceed Zip for .NET and providing an ultra-flexible and object-oriented way of manipulating files and folders.
2005 v3
  • Added Zip64 zip file format to Xceed Zip for .NET and Xceed Zip for .NET Compact Framework (2.3).
2005 v2
  • Added extra header support (detailed time-stamp info and Unicode filenames) to Xceed Zip for .NET and Xceed Zip for .NET Compact Framework (2.2).
2005 v1
  • Added WinZip 9.0-compatible AES strong encryption (Rijndael) to Xceed Zip Compression Library (v6.0).