about the app size

rbuser

Hi,

I find my app size grow 2M more after I include the report builder unit in
there. I use the follow units:
ppModule, ppBands, ppCache, ppClass, ppRelatv, ppProd, ppReport, ppComm,
ppEndUsr, ppCTDsgn, daDBBDE, ppDB, ppDBPipe,
raCodMod, daIDE, raIDE, daDatMan;
In the Project Options -> Linker, I just use the default option, no Include
TD32 debug info and complie everything into one executable file. Before I
include RB, my app size is 5.3M, but now it's 7.39M! Have any good way to
reduce my app size?

Thanks!

Tao

digitalmetaphors

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Article: Minimize Size of Application .EXE
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How can I minimize the size of my application
executable (.exe) when using ReportBuilder?


1. Part of the overhead is linking in the BDE library.
Probably about 300K or so.

2. Part of the overhead is linking the RB library.
Probably about 600K or so for the core reporting library.

If you include the Designer, Query Tools, etc. then
there will be additional overhead.

3. Any additional overhead will be added by the reports you create. Each
report will contain description of all the objects on the report. View
the .dfm file as text for an example.


Strategies to minimize the size of the .Exe:

1. Compile your project using the Delphi run-time packages option. This
will create a small .exe. You then distribute the
runtime packages along with your executable file.

2. Store you report definitions to .rtm files or a database. Thus the
report definitions are stored outside the .exe and only loaded as
needed. If you have a large number of reports, this can drastically
reduce the size of the .exe.

3. Compile all of your reports into a Delphi package.
Then your application only loads the package as needed.

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Jim Bennett
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