>In the work I've done to date, I've created some classes that I've used for a few apps. Since these classes were relatively small, I just compiled them with the EXE. Now, I'm going to distribute the Stonefield Class Libraries with my app. These classes are fairly large and make a significant difference in the size of the EXE. It seems to work just fine if I exclued the classes from the complied EXE and just make sure they are in the app directory. Are there any pros and cons to (1) Including the class libraries in the compiled EXE or (2) Not compiling them in the EXE and just including them in the distribution set-up?

The SDT classes are not that large, AFAIK most people bind them into the .EXE. Bear in mind that many framework-based .EXEs are 3 to 5 MB; some people have reported .EXEs approaching 20MB!

It's really a matter of preference, but having the classes included means fewer files that can become corrupted or accidently deleted, and PATH issues are eliminated.