[Oberon] Oberon 3 on Windows 7, PELinker, Windows executable extremely large!

[Jörg Straube]

Hi Dieter
did you consider allocating the ARRAYs dynamically with NEW?
br Jörg

> Am 26.03.2015 um 18:12 schrieb Dieter <d.gloetzel at web.de>:
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> the size of the exe is quite understandable, because I have several 
> ARRAYs, the biggest of which has approximately 158 MBytes.
> 
> So the question is, is there a way to distribute the software in a 
> smaller package?
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> Dieter
> 
> 
> Am 24.03.2015 um 22:27 schrieb Chris Burrows:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dieter [mailto:d.gloetzel at web.de]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 25 March 2015 1:08 AM
>>> To: oberon at lists.inf.ethz.ch
>>> Subject: Re: [Oberon] Oberon 3 on Windows 7, PELinker, Windows
>>> executable extremely large!
>>> 
>>> I have now created my Windows-Exe, and it does what it should, but
>>> the Exe is blown up to 170 MBytes, whereas the original Oberon-Code
>>> was only
>>> 108 kB.
>> 1. How many modules are now listed in the MODULES section of your link file?
>> 
>> 2. Which of those modules is the largest and how big is the corresponding
>> .obj file?
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>>> This is kind of a problem, when I want to distribute the exe via
>>> email.
>> Attempting to distribute exe's via email should be a last resort because of
>> related security issues. Most email systems will prevent your emails from
>> being sent or delivered. I recommend that you exhaust all other possible
>> means first,
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Chris
>> 
>> Chris Burrows
>> CFB Software
>> http://www.cfbsoftware.com
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