What Affects The Size of a Compiled Executable?
Hi. I have Delphi 7 installed on two computers. One is a "True XP", the second is a Windows 7 running "XPMode". As far as I can tell, they are both the same. I recently installed Delphi on the XPMode. I installed Update 1 and the version on both systems is build 8.1 I know the project source is exactly the same on both systems. Or at least, I believe they are. I've compared every setting I can think of. Anyway, the True XP produces an executable build that is 12,813KB. The XPMode is producing an executable build of 12,736. The executable I build in XPMode is coughing up unexpected runtime errors. I've compared dcu sizes and they are all exactly the same in both computers. My project paths are the same. The project builds without any errors. If I was missing a file, it flat out would not compile. I'm hoping somebody can clue me in on what I maybe missed. Is XPMode not really compatible with Windows XP applications, like maybe Delphi is behaving differently?
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Debbie
8/5/2015 10:13:35 PM
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Debbie wrote: > Anyway, the True XP produces an executable build that is 12,813KB. > The XPMode is producing an executable build of 12,736. That is a difference of only 77KB. Have you tried looking at the executable's binary data to see what is inside that 77KB? Maybe there is a resource missing. > The executable I build in XPMode is coughing up unexpected runtime errors. Have you debugged them yet to find out what is happening? > I've compared dcu sizes and they are all exactly the same in both computers. All the more reason to suspect resources are missing, or maybe there is info no present in the PE headers. Since the DCUs match, the actual compiled code should be the same. -- Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
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Remy
8/5/2015 10:36:55 PM
> {quote:title=Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:}{quote}
> That is a difference of only 77KB. Have you tried looking at the executable's
> binary data to see what is inside that 77KB? Maybe there is a resource missing.
What tool do I use to examine the executable's binary data? Do I start at the bottom and work my way up? If I look at them, what am I searching for? I've never tried to deconstruct an executable before, I'm afraid.
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> All the more reason to suspect resources are missing, or maybe there is info
> no present in the PE headers. Since the DCUs match, the actual compiled
> code should be the same.
What kind of resources are we talking about? What is a PE header?
Thanks again!
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Debbie
8/6/2015 4:13:31 PM
> {quote:title=Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:}{quote}
> That is a difference of only 77KB. Have you tried looking at the executable's
> binary data to see what is inside that 77KB? Maybe there is a resource missing.
What tool do I use to examine the executable's binary data? Do I start at the bottom and work my way up? If I look at them, what am I searching for? I've never tried to deconstruct an executable before, I'm afraid.
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> All the more reason to suspect resources are missing, or maybe there is info
> no present in the PE headers. Since the DCUs match, the actual compiled
> code should be the same.
What kind of resources are we talking about? What is a PE header?
Thanks again!
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Debbie
8/6/2015 4:32:41 PM
Debbie wrote: > What tool do I use to examine the executable's binary data? There are many third-party hex editors, resource editors, PE editors, file comparers, etc readily available. -- Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
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Remy
8/7/2015 6:35:04 PM
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