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 <[email protected]> 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? > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe
