>Hi Hilmar,
>You're right that it can be shrinked somewhat. So, 2 Mb for the runtime files, plus upto 1 Mb for the installer, plus - let's say - 1 Mb for the real application, that totals up to 4 Mb. That's a lot, compared to, for example, Delphi applications.
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>Your other note is remarkable. Personally, I'm not aware of a restriction with regard to distribution rights of the runtime files. AFAIK, we're free to distribute those files!
Free to distribute them with an EXE. Version 3 of your download, in a later message, seems illegal according to the license agreement.
The VB DLLs can be obtained separately - I believe.
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