How do i minimize DLL or EXE size..??

Erik Roijackers

Delphi Developer

Sat, 18 Sep 1999 03:00:00 GMT

How do i minimize DLL or EXE size..??

I'm looking for a way to minimize the size of my DLL or EXE.

Once I've compiled even a simple form DLL in Delphi, you're up to 180
KB. I don't want to link all the VCL code that won't be used anyway!

Thanks.

Trevor Attem

Delphi Developer

Sun, 19 Sep 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:How do i minimize DLL or EXE size..??

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> I'm looking for a way to minimize the size of my DLL or EXE.

> Once I've compiled even a simple form DLL in Delphi, you're up to 180
> KB. I don't want to link all the VCL code that won't be used anyway!

Delphi 2 will remove any unused code if optimisation is turned on.
Unfortunately, the forms unit incurs quite a large footprint and will
result in a large DLL size even with optimization. I try to place non
visual code into DLL's for this very reason.

Leif Bredgaard Anders

Delphi Developer

Sun, 19 Sep 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:How do i minimize DLL or EXE size..??

On Tue, 01 Apr 1997 20:40:46 +0200, Erik Roijackers <er...@xs4all.nl>
wrote:

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>Hi

>I'm looking for a way to minimize the size of my DLL or EXE.

>Once I've compiled even a simple form DLL in Delphi, you're up to 180
>KB. I don't want to link all the VCL code that won't be used anyway!

>Thanks.

A good way to minimize code... especially useable in DLL's is not to
use VCL's but use the Windows API...
Minimize code size significantly.
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Jason Wallac

Delphi Developer

Sun, 19 Sep 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:How do i minimize DLL or EXE size..??

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Erik Roijackers wrote:

> I'm looking for a way to minimize the size of my DLL or EXE.

On both, try optimizing the code.... However....

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> Once I've compiled even a simple form DLL in Delphi, you're up to 180
> KB. I don't want to link all the VCL code that won't be used anyway!

180k with the FORMS unit in it, is pretty good... And that's about as
small as it gets, UNLESS you do everything through the Windows API (such
as creating the forms at run-time etc...)
Basically, the more 'units' you have in your Uses clause, the bigger
the program/DLL will be....

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Robert Schiec

Delphi Developer

Sun, 19 Sep 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:How do i minimize DLL or EXE size..??

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Erik Roijackers wrote:

> Hi

> I'm looking for a way to minimize the size of my DLL or EXE.

> Once I've compiled even a simple form DLL in Delphi, you're up to 180
> KB. I don't want to link all the VCL code that won't be used anyway!

> Thanks.

1) make sure that you have debugging info turned off (180k isn't bad)

2) wait for Delphi 3.0 and its packages which will let you control what
goes in your exe.

HTH

Robert Schieck
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Georg

Delphi Developer

Mon, 20 Sep 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:How do i minimize DLL or EXE size..??

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Erik Roijackers wrote:

> Hi

> I'm looking for a way to minimize the size of my DLL or EXE.

> Once I've compiled even a simple form DLL in Delphi, you're up to 180
> KB. I don't want to link all the VCL code that won't be used anyway!

> Thanks.

Hi!
Try to use Windows API calls instead of RAD VCL. This is not so
comfortable, but saves EXE size. You even may completly leave
visual design aside and write pure Object Pascal code.
The minimum size of simple EXE file I did in this way is about 10 Kb.

PS Sorry for bad english
George Filyaghin

Peter Andree

Delphi Developer

Mon, 20 Sep 1999 03:00:00 GMT

Re:How do i minimize DLL or EXE size..??

i
There is a nice book: "Delphi 2 UNLEASHED" by Charles Calvert.
See the chapter 9.

Hope it helps.

Peter A. Andreev
pe...@r1.vor.inkom.ru

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