Subject Re: [IBO] Install testing for IBO eval and full source versions
Author Nando Dessena
Jason,

J> The file is about 4 MB in size and includes the eval for Delphi 4, 5, 6 and
J> 7. It's an installer compiled by Inno Setup. It consists of mostly sources
J> that are common to all and then some critical DCU files compiled for each.

J> I will most likely create separate installs for each version of Delphi to
J> reduce the download size.

Unless you already have it, get hold of IS Tool for Inno Setup and
enable 7-zip compression there (or just apply 7-zip to the finished
executable file). You'll be pleased by the results in
terms of download size. An auto-extracting 7-zip file is usually much
smaller than the corresponding zip file.

As an example, I have made a setup script for a rather large
application:

uncompressed: 15MB.
zip (maximum): 6.5 MB
7-zip: 2.5 MB

Your mileage may vary.
Ciao
--
Nando mailto:nandod@...