executable file size

killerjohn · Post by **killerjohn** » 30.12.2005, 11:19

At this moment my project's .exe file size is about 5 MB (!!!). I need to minimize this. Are there any compiler directive in ZeOS, which turns off some database engines ? (I need only MySQL and Firebird)

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killerjohn · Post by **killerjohn** » 30.12.2005, 11:31

uuups. I've found the directives in zeos.inc.

Post by **mdaems** » 03.01.2006, 11:01

Hi Killerjohn,

Did you already hear about the tool upx? It reduces exe-sizes usually a lot. (50% and more)

Mark

btrewern · Post by **btrewern** » 04.01.2006, 13:24

If you are talking about exe compression progs. See here for a discussion and a useful utility: http://www.jrsoftware.org/striprlc.php

Regards,

Ben

killerjohn · Post by **killerjohn** » 06.01.2006, 16:47

Thank you very much!

killerjohn · Post by **killerjohn** » 07.01.2006, 21:15

Are there any compiler directives to disable TZQuery, TZTable, TZStoredProc, TZSQLMetadata, TZSQLProcessor, TZSQLMonitor, TZSequance components ? (I need only TZConnection, TZReadOnlyQuery, TZUpdateSQL)

btrewern · Post by **btrewern** » 09.01.2006, 10:36

I doubt it. If you really need to reduce the size of your application then you could try just using ZDBC. See the knowledge base.

Ben

killerjohn · Post by **killerjohn** » 09.01.2006, 15:31

thank you

zippo · Post by **zippo** » 11.01.2006, 10:57

To reduce the size (final size approx. 30-40 of the original) I use both StripReloc and UPX. Never had any problems.

Another method to reduce the EXEsize is to drop some units in the "uses" part of the code - usually when the project goes on, units tend to accumulate with the adding of new components, but when you remove those components, the units doesn't delete.