File size growing

rbuser

Delphi 7
I have a datamodule with approx 20 datapipelines and 50 reports.

As the app has grown the time to open the datamodule is getting longer and
longer and resources going to 90-95%.

I have been sniffing around and moved 1 report to a new datamodule. (Unit5)
the dfm for this file is 42,492 kb if I reduce the size of images within the
report the dfm reduces to 6,132kb. So i am presuming the file size (and
overload to delphi) is coming from image within the reports. If so how do I
load the images at run time?

Any inf appreciated.

SteveW

nicocizik

Hi Steve,

You can use the Picture property of the TppImage to manually load an image
at runtime. Take a look at the TPicture topic in the Delphi help for more
information.

TppImage.Picture.LoadFromFile();

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

I put the images in a database and replaced the ppImage with a ppDBimage.
The size of the dfm is a lot smaller and the images load at runtime.

However......

Within the IDE I can view and print the reports. When I run the app I get an
error saying 'cannot generate report' 'bitmap image is not valid.'

I have set the image type to jpeg and can view within the IDE.

Any ideas please

Cheers

SteveW