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I want to ZIP some log files generated by inner setups (dependencies) so they become a single file that is easy to send back for support purposes.

Is there an easy way to do this using Inno Setup?

If everything else fails, I can always use some minimal ZIP.EXE utility to achieve this but I am not sure which would be legal to embed and use. I am hoping to find a built-in solution if possible but I'd settle for an external app.

Actually, I am not looking for ZIP format in particular. Any archive that wraps multiple files together (and possibly compresses them) is ideal.

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  • I use ZIP format. Created a zip dll in Delphi. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19832128/inno-setup-zip-local-files-prior-to-an-update?lq=1 for details – Lars Nov 30 '15 at 16:29

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There's no built-in archiving support in Inno Setup.

See Inno Setup – zip local files prior to an update

If you do not look for a particular archive format, use Microsoft's .cab format. There's a command-line tool to create these in all modern versions of Windows (XP and up at least), the makecab.

So you do not need to distribute your own archiving binary.

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  • This sounds perfect! I thought of CAB myself but I wasn't sure if there was a consistent way to use it across Windows versions. Thanks! – wpfwannabe Nov 30 '15 at 14:48