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>> Additionally there is the tool DevPacker, which is
>>
>> supposed to hide away all stuff, which is normally
>> in the file system (and would allow naive users to
>> correupt the application) in a "virtual" file system
>> packed into the exe. I did not use it, so anybody
>> who explored that beast is invited to share her/his
>> experiences ...
>>
>> See: Dev/Docu/Packer.odc
Bernhard
I'm not sure what there is to say other than 'It works'.
The discussion addresses the questions:
1 - How do we choose what to pack because a minimal list
will save a few bytes?
&
2 - Why bother?
My theory is that 'Customers' (subconsciously) think that
an application packaged as a single dot exe file will be
simpler to use than one comprising hundreds of files. Of
course its ease of use is exactly the same.
Robert
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