Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!news From: tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Infoplus 135 Message-ID: <1990Dec10.122846.19829@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> Date: 10 Dec 90 12:28:46 GMT References: <1990Dec7.121658.25371@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> <2505@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1821@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> Sender: news@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Lab Lines: 32 In article <1821@umriscc.isc.umr.edu>, mcastle@mcs213d.cs.umr.edu (Mike Castle (Nexus)) says: > >How much does linking in ALL the *.bgi files into the .exe affect the size? >Which would be a better deal: one .exe file with all the *.bgi files, or >multiple *.exe files, each with a different (and hard coded calls to) *.bgi >file? The single *.exe file would be more convenient, but possibly very >large. Separate *.exe files would be more system dependent, but once the >user installed just the single *.exe he needs, then he'll save some disk >space. Essentially, it's a trade off between ease of use and storage space. > >Maybe a package with both types, and letting the user decide?? > >Just wondering, >Mike >-- >Mike Castle (Nexus) S087891@UMRVMA.UMR.EDU (preferred) | ERROR: Invalid > mcastle@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu (unix mail-YEACH!)| command 'HELP' >Life is like a clock: You can work constantly, and be right | try 'HELP' >all the time, or not work at all, and be right twice a day. | There are 15 or so .BGI and .CHR files and each take from 4k to 6k. This would add about 80k to each .exe file. (Of course you don't HAVE to add the AT&T 6300 driver or whatever the video driver is called. :) But the EGAVGA.obj and the CGA.obj files add about 10k to the end program. If you use any .CHR files, it adds another 4k. These files changed one of my programs from a small model to a medium model (causing me to wait until the registered version of CXL arrived before I could ship it). Personally I don't like to ship more than just the .exe and .doc files. Then you can run it from anywhere. Carl Schelin tcs@mailer.jhuapl.edu