I also use it.. an app with debugging at 25mb becomes about 5-6mb. its excellent.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Jeremy Coulter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jscoulter@gmail.com" target="_blank">jscoulter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">You could also use UPXG which compresses and does some other bits and pieces<br>
to the exe to make it smaller.<br>
I have used it for at least 8 years and never had a problem. A 19mb exe goes<br>
to just over 6mb!<br>
<br>
Jeremy C.<br>
<br>
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Thanks, do you know exactly where that is?<br>
<br>
Is it Component > Install Packages, then un-tick all the 'ExpressSkins<br>
Library Uses Clause AutoFill Helper'?<br>
<br>
Robo<br>
<br>
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Jeremy North <<a href="mailto:jeremy.north@gmail.com">jeremy.north@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
> Make sure you don't have the 300 skins that come with devexpress included.<br>
><br>
> There is an option in the IDE to disabled them for a project or for all<br>
> time.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Colin Johnsun <<a href="mailto:colin.adug@gmail.com">colin.adug@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Delphi XE2 carries over a lot of meta information for use with the<br>
>> RTTI. This may be the cause of the bloat in size.<br>
>><br>
>> There are compiler options which you can use to switch it off. See the<br>
>> link below:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
<a href="http://delphi.about.com/b/2011/07/26/create-smaller-delphi-xe-executables-re%0Amove-rtti-pack-exe.htm" target="_blank">http://delphi.about.com/b/2011/07/26/create-smaller-delphi-xe-executables-re<br>
move-rtti-pack-exe.htm</a><br>
>><br>
>> Cheers,<br>
>> Colin<br>
>><br>
>> On 23 August 2012 13:41, Robo <<a href="mailto:robo555@gmail.com">robo555@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > If I compile the attached project in Delphi XE2, which only contains a<br>
>> > blank form, I get a 7MB exe.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > If I start using DevExpress components, what used to be a 5MB exe in<br>
>> > Delphi 2005 turns into a 25MB exe in XE2.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > - What can I do to reduce the size? The blank project would have been<br>
>> > about 500KB in previous versions of Delphi.<br>
>> > - How can I keep the file size down when using DevExpress components?<br>
>> ><br>
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