Hi Everyone!
Any input to the following would be appreciated. The diverse set of knowledge on the UT with applications and configurations provides insight into finding an answer to my question.
Scenario: An EXE created with VFP6SP4 is 3MB and uses the two VFP DLLs only. The typical hardware configuration is PIII/800 128MB 16MB Video using Win98se or Win2000.
Question: Additional cool features added to the application boost the EXE to 4MB. Will the application run slower? Slower is a relative term, but we have all seen performance changes as applications and configurations change. Does VFP do some magic paging based on a RAM formula?
Clearly, there is not some equation that will allow you to calculate application speed. But, I would like to know before the EXE is 4MB that 'slow' would become my end-user's 'thank you' message on an upgrade well done.
Let's say 4MB would be too slow. Would it then be better to break up the EXE and call a portion of it? Does calling another VFP app simply produce the same slowness issue?
Again, any opinions, experience, or magic formulas would be appreciated.
Thank You.
GorgAnna