Executable bloat in BCB5

[jfitter]

I am ready to send a beta to a client. I click the "Release" button in in the options dialog which turns off the debug items in the compiler and the linker tabs. These are examined to confirm that they are unchecked.

After a rebuild, as expected the object files are half of their original size but the executable is no smaller. A quick scan in a hex editor reveals what appears to be a very large amount of debugging information. 1M6.exe instead of the expected 800K.exe.

I think I will re-examine earlier odd behaviour re the program options dialog seeming to ignore changes that are made.

Is anyone familiar with problems of this sort? I would not ask if I had not spent a lot of time trying to find a solution.

Thanks,
John F.

 

[2ffat]

You may also have to check/uncheck some options in the linker and/or packages options, too. See faq101-188 and faq101-189 for two of the most common ones. James P. Cottingham

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