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 <[email protected]> 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 <[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 >
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