Application with Delphi 2006 and RB10.01 is much more bigger than with Delphi 7 and RB9.03

rbuser

Hi

Memorysize issues when generating an application with only one form, a
TButton- and a TMemo-component on it:

D7 / RB9.03: 379 kB
D2006 / RB10.01: 401 kB

same application with a TppReport-component on it:

D7 / RB9.03: 1388 kB
D2006 / RB10.01: 1917 kB

Difference approximately 500 kb !!!

same application plus a TppDesigner-component on it:

D7 / RB9.03: 2499 kB
D2006 / RB10.01: 3415 kB

Difference approximately 900 kb !!!

Can anyone explain me why an application generated with Delphi 2006 and
RB10.01 is so much bigger then a Delphi7/RB9.03 compiled one?

Regards
Robert

rbuser

what you don't show is what the app would be in D7 & RB 10.01. I am not sure
how much overhead D2006 adds to the EXE.

Ed Dressel
Team DM

nardmoseley

1. The RB PDF export is now included by default. (Probably 190k or so).

2. The UI classes (toolbar classes, menu classes, icons, etc) that we are
using to produce the new XP interface (Probably 1 MB). Some of the Toolbar
classes are used by the report previewer, so that adds overhead to any
TppReport application. (In other words it's not isolated to the report
designer).

3. New RAP code editor (if you are building an end-user designer app with
RAP).

Keep in mind that once the classes are linked to your application - that is
a one time thing. If you add a second report, those classes do not get
linked into the application again. In general, additional reports that you
include will add very incremental overhead. If you store the report
definitions outside the .exe, they add no additional overhead.

Our goal with ReportBuilder is to deliver a powerful, professional reporting
solution. The end result is that we have something that I can compare to MS
Office or with any reporting solution available. That is our goal. Our goal
is not to have the smallest footprint on the market. However, for what
ReportBuilder delivers and given today's standards for application size, I
think RB has a very small footprint.

I do wish that the Delphi VCL included an updated set of UI classes...

rbuser

Hi Ed and Nard

Thanks for the info.

For me it's not a problem when the application size getting bigger. For our
customers... that's an other question.
But i was only wondering about the difference between the old project
(Delphi7) and the new on (Delphi 2006).

Is there a way to exclude the pdf export and xp-themes so the application
size could be smaller?

Regards
Robert

nardmoseley

No.