Which version of Flex Builder are you using? ( 2 or 3?) If the latter then are you comparing the "Export release Version" form of the code or the debug version?
Beyond that, I don't have an answer. It seems reasonable to me that a swf and swc would be different file sizes; as they are a different file format serving different purposes. rueter007 wrote: > > > Here is an interesting problem that I am trying to understand and > hopefully solve. > > I basically have two projects, Player and PlayerLib. > > PlayerLib is a flex library project and when compiled, creates a swc > of size 105k. Player depends on PlayerLib. > > Three situations for compiling Player: > > 1) Compiling without flex framework as an RSL, creates player.swf of > size 480k. > > 2) Compiling with flex framework as an RSL still creates player.swf of > size 300k even though the dependent swc is only of size 105k. > > 3) Compiling with framework as an RSL and PlayerLib.swc as an RSL. > This reduces the player.swf size to about 60k but creates > PlayerLib.swf from PlayerLib.swc of size 460k from 105k. > > Player.mxml has just an Application shell with a reference to one > component from PlayerLib. > > What I do not understand is why the library swc file is blowing up the > player.swf by 200k when merged into the code, or creating a swf four > times the size of its own when converted into an RSL? > > Am I missing something here? I would have expected player.swf to be > comparable to the PlayerLib.swc (~105k) as the flex framework is > anyway being converted into an RSL. It seems like I cannot reduce my > player.swf size to anything below 300k. > > Does anyone know whats going on here? Is it the way swfs are created > from the dependent swc, that is increasing the size by 200k? > > I hope someone from the flash or flex team has an answer. > -- Jeffry Houser, Technical Entrepreneur, Software Developer, Author, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Podcast: <http://www.theflexshow.com> My Blog: <http://www.jeffryhouser.com>
