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therealx
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Smaller boostrap installers

Post by therealx »

hey there,

Is there a method or set of settings to use to get the bootstrap exe for a web installer smaller? I'm seeing 2.2-3MB with nothing in it (files are in features).

The search appears broken, so sorry if this has been answered before.

Thanks!
FrancescoT
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Re: Smaller boostrap installers

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Dear therealx,

you may try to use a higher compression level (if not already) and/or to minimize setup resources (dialogs, bitmap files and so on).

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therealx
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Re: Smaller boostrap installers

Post by therealx »

Hi there,

I tried removing dialogs, but the file size didn't go down. The only asset is the logo right now. How small should they be able to get down to?

Thanks!
FrancescoT
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Re: Smaller boostrap installers

Post by FrancescoT »

Instead the output size changes, not so much, but changes. Of course the dialog resources must be removed from project inclusion (not only from the main script file).

Anyway, I don't think the produced output can be smaller than (approximately) 2.2 mb.

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