>I want to have a site where potential users can download a trial of my program. The install file is 28mb, which means that the download traffic could get big. My existing ISP will start charging me extra after more than about two downloads per day.
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>Do you know of a site that will host a big exe for download and have a reasonable bandwidth allowance? And is reliable and reasonable<g>?
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>Cyril.

I don't, but I would recommend the following strategies - if you haven't done it already - to reduce the download size. A big download can be a real problem for some users, too.

PACK the class libraries (Note 1). Sometimes a lot of space is wasted here.

Try data compression. For example, the Setup Wizard (in VFP6) has built-in compression, if you select the correct options. You may also try WinRAR (www.rarsoft.com), to see if it compresses better (compressing the uncompressed version, otherwise it won't work), or some other compression software (the ZIP format doesn't compress very well, compared with some others). WinRAR can create a self-extracting EXE.

For the demo, see if you can include some sample data, instead of the full data set.

For the demo, see if it makes sense to exclude some modules to save space.

HTH,

Hilmar.


Note 1:

use MyClasses.vcx
pack
use

Repeat for all *.VCX files in the project.

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