[DUG] How to reduce size of Delphi XE2/DevExpress compiled exe?

[Colin Johnsun]

Delphi XE2 carries over a lot of meta information for use with the
RTTI. This may be the cause of the bloat in size.

There are compiler options which you can use to switch it off. See the
link below:

http://delphi.about.com/b/2011/07/26/create-smaller-delphi-xe-executables-remove-rtti-pack-exe.htm

Cheers,
Colin

On 23 August 2012 13:41, Robo <robo555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> If I compile the attached project in Delphi XE2, which only contains a
> blank form, I get a 7MB exe.
>
> If I start using DevExpress components, what used to be a 5MB exe in
> Delphi 2005 turns into a 25MB exe in XE2.
>
> - What can I do to reduce the size? The blank project would have been
> about 500KB in previous versions of Delphi.
> - How can I keep the file size down when using DevExpress components?
>
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