Re: BDS2006 exe sizes

"Ian" <ian610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CyTLf.9861$D56.1883@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:28:44 GMT, Uffe Kousgaard wrote:

Slightly? I don't consider 25,600 bytes a slight increase. In D7, a
simple console application is only 16,384 bytes.

The increase was 2,500 bytes. I had left sysutils in both tests, since it
was included by default for console applications. Without sysutils it would
be 18,432 bytes - almost the same as your D7 app.

Regards
Uffe


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: BDS2006 exe sizes
    ... I don't consider 25,600 bytes a slight increase. ... In D7, a simple console application is only 16,384 bytes. ... The code Dodgy showed is Delphi's default console-mode program. ... Note that it includes the SysUtils unit, which drags in a lot of exception-related code. ...
    (comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc)
  • Re: BDS2006 exe sizes
    ... I don't consider 25,600 bytes a slight increase. ... When such a program is started under Windows, then Windows has to provide such an environment. ... A 32 bit console application uses Windows APIs instead of interrupts. ... The capabilities of these APIs grow with every new Windows version, so that the libraries also must grow, in order to make the new console etc. functionality available to applications. ...
    (comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc)
  • Re: cannot run console applications
    ... Does your program use SysUtils or other VCL related units? ... > makes Win32 API calls in its startup code which will be blocked by the ... The Console applicazion wizard generates an application like this: ... SysUtils objects) the program works fine in a network share too. ...
    (borland.public.delphi.non-technical)
  • Re: cannot run console applications
    ... >> CONSOLE} ... Does your program use SysUtils or other VCL related units? ... makes Win32 API calls in its startup code which will be blocked by the ...
    (borland.public.delphi.non-technical)
  • Re: cannot run console applications
    ... Sergio Sette wrote: ... Why SysUtils is included by default without a comment that informs ... > How to configure a console application that uses SysUtils? ... Delphi 7 does this as well, so it's probably a hold over from the Win32 ...
    (borland.public.delphi.non-technical)