Originally Posted by Frobozz Here's an example showing how to load a bitmap from a zip and display it in SDL. Shouldn't be too hard to figure out how to use zlib from this. http://gpwiki.org/index.php/SDL:Tuto...RWops_and_zlib Thanks, but like I said, I've decided to use the system() method. My problem still stands, how come I cant use <<string_variable<< in the system command? Thanks! FlyingIsFun1217