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VFP 9 application size
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23/07/2006 15:15:48
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Installation, Setup and Configuration
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01138920
Message ID:
01138964
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10
>Hilmar
>
>I think you helped me to find out the problem
>VFP 6.0 native setup wizard compresses the files of the application
>The limited version of installshield that ships with VFP 9.0 does not compress the files
>
>Maybe this is the cause why the application is much bigger, isn´t it ?
>
>Moises

It is possible that the compression is part of the answer. To check this, try to compress the installation program with a program such as WinRAR, WinZIP, or something similar.

See also Sergey's reply, about VFP 9 requiring more components. I didn't think there was such a big difference, but apparently there is. Actually, I had forgotten that the installation program must include the entire VFP runtime. In VFP 6, there is an option to include or exclude the runtime. In VFP 9, you would probably use different merge modules for the same purpose.
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