Board index » delphi » Build with Runtime Packages

Rich

Delphi Developer
Sat, 01 May 2004 02:08:40 GMT

Build with Runtime Packages

Hi all,

This may be a dumb question, but that's never stopped me before.  If I build
with runtime packages, what do I have to distribute with my app?  What are
the pros/cons to doing this?

TIA,
Rich

 
Team

Delphi Developer
Sat, 01 May 2004 04:38:28 GMT

Re:Build with Runtime Packages


Rich --

Quote
>This may be a dumb question, but that's never stopped me before.  If I build
>with runtime packages, what do I have to distribute with my app?  

You have to distribute the packages that your resulting app requires.
You can specify this at the Project Options leve.

Quote
>What are
>the pros/cons to doing this?

The pros are that you get smaller exectuables, and that's helpful if
you have a lot of Delphi EXE files on a machine -- you can use one
package for all the EXE's.  The disadvantage is that you have to
distribute the packages, which are often larger than a single EXE
would have been.

Nick Hodges - TeamB
HardThink, Inc.
Please always follow the newsgroup guidelines --
http://www.borland.com/newsgroups

Rich

Delphi Developer
Sat, 01 May 2004 04:58:55 GMT

Re:Build with Runtime Packages


Hi Nick,

Thanks for the response.

Quote
> You have to distribute the packages that your resulting app requires.
> You can specify this at the Project Options leve.

Silly question again, but where/what are these files - are they dlls?  I
know that they are specified in the project options box, but where can I
find them on my system?

Thanks,
Rich

Nick Hodges (TeamB) <nickhod...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:7nc0vtcfg50q46d5ba2hnnc2prnja1blmb@4ax.com...

Quote
> Rich --

> >This may be a dumb question, but that's never stopped me before.  If I
build
> >with runtime packages, what do I have to distribute with my app?

> You have to distribute the packages that your resulting app requires.
> You can specify this at the Project Options leve.

> >What are
> >the pros/cons to doing this?

> The pros are that you get smaller exectuables, and that's helpful if
> you have a lot of Delphi EXE files on a machine -- you can use one
> package for all the EXE's.  The disadvantage is that you have to
> distribute the packages, which are often larger than a single EXE
> would have been.

> Nick Hodges - TeamB
> HardThink, Inc.
> Please always follow the newsgroup guidelines --
> http://www.borland.com/newsgroups

Team

Delphi Developer
Sat, 01 May 2004 06:33:59 GMT

Re:Build with Runtime Packages


On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:58:55 -0500, "Rich" <r...@milanosystems.com>
wrote:

Quote
>Silly question again, but where/what are these files - are they dlls?

They are BPL files, and the get put in your /System32 directory by
default.  I think Dr. Bob has a utility at http://www.drbob42.com that
tells you which packages your appliation needs.

Quote
> I
>know that they are specified in the project options box, but where can I
>find them on my system?

The runtime packages are BPL files normally found in your \system32
directory.

Nick Hodges - TeamB
HardThink, Inc.
Please always follow the newsgroup guidelines --
http://www.borland.com/newsgroups

Other Threads

1. Build with runtime package

2. "Build with runtime packages"-question

3. Build with runtime packages problem

4. form in DLL .embedding to mainform + without (build with runtime packages) option

5. Icon disappear when build with runtime packages

6. Build with runtime packages + Access Violation

7. Application.Handle in DLL built with Runtime Packages

8. Creating Form in DLL built with Runtime Packages

9. HELP....Build With Runtime Packages....multiple dll project

10. Build with runtime packages