Large executable size

[M109uk]

Hi again,

I was just woundering if the large filesize of the application is normal, my exe is around 9.86mb when compiled with lazarus, but only 1.42mb with delphi.. is there a way that i can make the executable smaller from lazarus?

Thanks

[arthurprs]

LCL have this problem,
but you have to consider some things
* Cross Plataform
* png support
* "FREE"

There are some things you can do to reduce it,
one of then is use UPX on the executable {use --brute option for better compression}

[pstudio]

perhaps you can find your answer here: http://www.pascalgamedevelopment.com...t=4818&start=0

[M109uk]

Thanks for the replys
the size does'nt really bother me as such, i was just woundering if i was doing something wrong lol

although im not too sure about using any compression tools. but how would i go about removing the debugging information?

[marcov]

Thanks for the replys
the size does'nt really bother me as such, i was just woundering if i was doing something wrong lol

although im not too sure about using any compression tools. but how would i go about removing the debugging information?

Search in lazarus option called "strip". There is also a cmdline tool.

[Almindor]

You don't need to use strip manually! Just make sure to follow this guide: http://www.pascalgamedevelopment.com...pic.php?t=1815

The info you're looking for is at the bottom.