ADG also brings in the largest classes in the Flex framework. I just did a
link report on one of my projects and here are some of the results for the
ADG-related classes (I stopped at classes under 1k cause who really cares).
This is the output of a link report on a non-optimized swf (so the #s are
probably not accurate to what you would see in a production swf).
AdvancedDataGrid - 103.1 k
AdvancedListBase - 93.2 k
AdvancedDataGridBaseEx - 87.6 k
AdvancedDataGridBase - 28.2 k
AdvancedDataGridColumn - 12.8 k
AdvancedDataGridHeaderRenderer - 10.5 k
AdvancedDataGridSortItemRenderer - 6.4 k
AdvancedDataGridDragProxy - 3.6 k
AdvancedListBaseContentHolder - 2.7 k
AdvancedDataGridColumnGroup - 2.5 k
AdvancedDataGridEvent - 2.4 k
AdvancedDataGridHeaderHorizontalSeparator - 1.5 k
AdvancedDataGridHeaderInfo - 1.3 k
AdvancedDataGridBaseSelectionPending - 1.3 k
AdvancedDataGridListData - 1.2 k
AdvancedDataGridBaseSelectionData - 1 k
IAdvancedDataGridRendererProvider - 1 k
Then there are the hierarchical collection classes:
HierarchicalCollectionView - 17.7 k
HierarchicalCollectionViewCursor - 12 k
HierarchicalData - 2.7 k
IHierarchicalCollectionView - 2.7 k
IHierarchicalData - 1,1 k
So yeah, AdvancedDataGrid is 8,433 lines of code. If you add up the top 4
classes in the list above (AdvancedDataGrid, AdvancedListBase,
AdvancedDataGridEx, and AdvancedDataGridBase) you get a whopping total of
26,521 lines of code. It makes me cry.
So be aware.
Doug
On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Alex Harui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you turn on the shared RSL, it will shrink the swf significantly.
Frameworks tend to be heavy, especially if the focus is on RAD. Just look
at any MFC app. DG brings in the collections subsystem, ADG brings in
hierarchical collections.
The framework is not included in the Flash 9 runtime. It has to be
downloaded by some app into that user's browser, then other apps can use it.
-Alex
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Behalf Of *whatabrain
*Sent:* Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:09 PM
*To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
*Subject:* [flexcoders] Why is my swf so big?
Probably an old question, but I didn't find anything useful by
searching the group.
I'm using the trial version of Flex Builder 3 Standard. I create a new
Flex project, and, without writing any code, export a release build.
The swf file size is 147KB. Then I create a project that contains
nothing but an empty DataGrid. The file size grows to 242KB! Throw in
an AdvancedDataGrid, and it's up to 300KB.
Is there anything I can do to reduce the size? Even 147KB seems huge
for an empty app. And why does DataGrid pump it up so much? I heard
that the Flex framework was included in the Flash 9 runtime. If that's
true, adding a DataGrid should have no effect on output size.
