.EXE file questions..

[keeyean]

i have 2 questions regarding make project to .exe file

1.before i make my project to .EXE file.. the file size is 1.02M.. but after i made it to exe file, the file size change to 1.7M.. is that normal??

2. how do i save the exe file into 2 disks?? or how do i minimize the exe file??

 

[ngagne]

1.) Compiling code *usually* makes the result bigger.
2.) Use a file compression utility like WinZip (

http://www.winzip.com)

to compress the file. You should easily be able to compress 1.7MB to fit on a floppy. Nate Gagne
nathan.gagne@verizon.net
AKA Nick Burns - Your Company's Computer Guy
"Would you like me to save your game of Minesweeper first?"

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[keeyean]

what if i don't want to zip the file.. how do i save into 2 disk??

 

[nonguru]

I don't know if theres an easier way, but
you could download a free file splitting program.
Try this one:

http://www.tucows.com/system/preview/214476.html

Just save your exe to hard disk, then run the file splitter on it.
It should be simple software to use.
good luck

 

[Alt255]

This is the ackward way to split "MyFile.exe" into two files....[tt]

OrgFile$="MyFile.exe"
ff = FreeFile
Open OrgFile$ For Binary As #ff
FirstSplit$ = String$(LOF(ff) \ 2, 0)
SecondSplit$ = String$(LOF(ff) - Len(FirstSplit$), 0)
Get #ff, 1, FirstSplit$
Get #ff, , SecondSplit$
Close #1
ff = FreeFile
Open "MyFile.1st" For Binary As #ff
Put #ff, 1, FirstSplit$
Close #ff
ff = FreeFile
Open "MyFile.2nd" For Binary As #ff
Put #ff, 1, SecondSplit$
Close #ff
FirstSplit$ = ""
SecondSplit$ = ""
[/tt]
Create "MyFile.exe" from the two files splits....
[tt]
NewFile$ = "MyNewFile.exe"
ff = FreeFile
Open "MyFile.1st" For Binary As #ff
FirstSplit$ = String$(LOF(ff), 0)
Get #ff, 1, FirstSplit$
Close #ff
ff = FreeFile
Open "MyFile.2nd" For Binary As #ff
SecondSplit$ = String$(LOF(ff), 0)
Get #ff, 1, SecondSplit$
Close #ff
ff = FreeFile
Open NewFile$ For Binary As #ff
Put #ff, 1, FirstSplit$
Put #ff, , SecondSplit$
Close #ff
FirstSplit$ = ""
SecondSplit$ = ""
[/tt]

...a better way would be to allow the PDW to split a huge executable into multiple cabs. Do you see where I'm heading with this?