To reduce the size of the .EXE file in Vîsual Basic 6!!!

[nitrox]

I want to reduce the size of the .EXE file, my application is very slow, because the .EXE file takes memory a lot.

This is possible without to change the application?

 

[antonioromera]

Select this option in your visual basic menu :
Project -> Properties of 'YourProject' -> Compile
and select then 'optimize for reduce code' option.

Antonio Romera.

 

[Karl Blessing]

hehe, based on what you said, I think you would have to change the application a bit, and figure out what you are doing wrong, it could be a simple situation of poor programming techniques, or not securing memory leaks, dont use Variants all the time (they're huge) try to keep data types as small as you need. etc, btw what does your program do anyways.

 

[DJTN]

You can also use a program called ASpack. It can shrink you exe file by 50%. This might not help so much with the memory but it will make your file alot smaller. [sig]<p>Todd Norris<br><a href=mailto:Todd.Norris@home.com>Todd.Norris@home.com</a><br><a href=

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[MikeLacey]

Aspack -- where do you get that then? [sig]<p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

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[Alt255]

Mike, my guess would be

http://www.aspack.com/register.htm.

I'm going to have to try this package to see how it compares to PKlite (my personal favorite). ASPack doesn't appear to allow encryption (bummer) but my guess is that the executables might run slightly faster than the PKlite equivalents.

One &quot;feature&quot; (or drawback, however you see it) is that ASPack is &quot;completely transparent&quot; and hooks itself as a shell extension &quot;for ease of use&quot;. I read that to mean all of your compiles will result in compressed executables.

Hmmm. Maybe there's a way to turn that feature off.

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