When I compiled an empty porject, everything matched your smaller version -
except that my size (confirmed in the tdump file) is 292,352 bytes!
This is fascinating :)
Maybe we need to move this thread over to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and see if any
of the experts over there have any ideas..
Ed
btw, I'm on version 5.0 (Build 6.18) Update Pack 1
Windows 2K (Build 2195)
At 17:21 29/08/2001 +1200, you wrote:
>I have more info regarding this anomaly. I've made the discovery that even
>a blank form compiled on both machines produces different size EXEs. I
>removed all "Uses" clauses except "Forms". The sizes are 293,376 & 294,400
>bytes. Not much but in theory they should be the same. The smaller EXE was
>produced on the PII-266 & the larger on the k6II-500.
>
>A TDump does show various different figures. Here are some in the "PE file"
>section.
>
> smaller larger
>Init Data size 0000A000 0000A400
>Image size 0004D000 0004E000
>Resources 0004A000 00003000 0004A000 00003400
>
>Now this might show up the problem. There is a difference in the beginning
>of the large Resources section. The smaller EXE has 6 ID entries, the
>larger has 7. They both have the "type: Group Icon (14)", but the larger
>file has the following extra bit right at the botton of the TDump:
>
>type: Version (16) (next directory @00000198)
>
> [0 named entries, 1 ID entries]
> type: Cursor (1) (next directory @00000480)
>
> [0 named entries, 1 ID entries]
> type: Unknown (5129) (data @00000678)
> Offset: 0004D004
> Size: 00000314
> Code Page: 00000000
> Reserved: 00000000
>
>
>So, anyone have a clue what is going on. I could do a similar compare of my
>application but I suspect that extra Resources like this one will are being
>added in numerous times, bloating the EXE by 38k.
>
>It would be interesting to hear from others running D5 Pro service pack 1
>with Intel & AMD chips. Just the file size (in bytes) generated on
>compiling a blank form.
>
>Cheers.
>Ross.
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