Hi all,

I just discovered you can easely build your apps without debuginfo BUT with the possibility to capture the linenumbers on which an error occured.

If you're like me, the need to capture the linenumbers is higher than the disadvantage of having all the sourcecode compile into the exe. I wondered why compiled PRGs (FPX) did not need the full sourcecode to retrieve the line on which an error occured while forms and classes do.

When you try to blank the methods fields of both classes and forms before building the application it will result in the same effect as having the 'include debuginfo' unchecked: No linenumbers available in an errorevent.

However if you replace all method fields with a '*' (I haven't tried it with another character yet) before you build your application, you've excluded all sourcecode (ascii sourcecode and comments) but are able to retrieve the linenumber in case of an error event.

I tested this in the following manner:
- I made a copy of my project files
- In the copy: In all forms and claslibs, I replaced all methods fields with "*"
- packed all forms and classlibs
- build a executable with BUILD EXE MyExe FROM MyPrject (of course without the RECOMPILE clause)

The result, No sourcecode in the executable, a significant smaller executable and still be able to track linenumbers in case of an event.

So far, I did not note any side-effects. I'll hope this turns out to be a proper method to reduce the size of the executable.

Regards,

Walter,