Since we don&#39;t use the skins, I remove the packages. There is also an option in the Project menu called &quot;Modify Skin Options&quot;.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Robo <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:robo555@gmail.com" target="_blank">robo555@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks, do you know exactly where that is?<br>
<br>
Is it Component &gt; Install Packages, then un-tick all the &#39;ExpressSkins<br>
Library Uses Clause AutoFill Helper&#39;?<br>
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Robo<br>
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On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Jeremy North &lt;<a href="mailto:jeremy.north@gmail.com">jeremy.north@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; Make sure you don&#39;t have the 300 skins that come with devexpress included.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; There is an option in the IDE to disabled them for a project or for all<br>
&gt; time.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Colin Johnsun &lt;<a href="mailto:colin.adug@gmail.com">colin.adug@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Delphi XE2 carries over a lot of meta information for use with the<br>
&gt;&gt; RTTI. This may be the cause of the bloat in size.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; There are compiler options which you can use to switch it off. See the<br>
&gt;&gt; link below:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; <a href="http://delphi.about.com/b/2011/07/26/create-smaller-delphi-xe-executables-remove-rtti-pack-exe.htm" target="_blank">http://delphi.about.com/b/2011/07/26/create-smaller-delphi-xe-executables-remove-rtti-pack-exe.htm</a><br>

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