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

[Jeremy North]

Make sure you don't have the 300 skins that come with devexpress included.

There is an option in the IDE to disabled them for a project or for all
time.

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Colin Johnsun <colin.adug at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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