> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Mark Howard
> Sent: Friday, 22 October 1999 17:32
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Requirements for application upgrade D3 to D5
>
>
> Mark said
>
> > Hi All
> > I have just looked at the BDE 5.01 upgrade self extracting file on the
> > Borland page.
> > It is around 12 Mbytes.
> >
> > A complete BDE 5.01 installation as created by the Wise installation
> > software (from the copy of the BDE shipped with D5) is about 3.7Mbytes.
> >
> > Why would I not use the latter? Is it to do with leaving existing BDE
> > configuration intact?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Confused of Rotorua (alias Mark)
> >
>
> Max Renshaw-Fox replied
>
> > The UG on the Borland site is the whole kit and kaboodle - ie
> everything you
> > could ever attach to the BDE and/or SQL links etc etc.
> >
> > With a wise or IS install you can deliver just the bits you want.
>
> [snip]
>
> Yes.... but the Wise installation size reported WAS for the WHOLE
> 32 bit BDE --
> I thought. Is that not correct?
My guess is the BDE install package from Borland is not compressed. The 401
that I am currently using in a Wise distribution package occupies 9 MB
uncompressed. With a 1MB exe file, an already compressed help file of 127KB
and the BDE files, the entire installation from Wise 5.0g totals just over
4MB.
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Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZ
http://patrick.dunford.com/
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