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From: Lee Mitchell (Leemi_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:20:53 GMT

Hi Cowboy:

If you do distribute excluded SCX, VCX, and FRX files note that you are
potentially exposing your source code. Instead of giving them the source
code files, you might want to compile the code into .APP files and give
that to the user instead.

I hope this helps.

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>You can call scx's, vcx's, frx's etc, (not contained in a exe) from your
>exe.

>If for example you have forms that change often, don't include that form in
>your exe. You can then just copy newer versions over the old one

>You can spread common code out into vcx's or exe's and use 'set libary to
>xxx.exe additive' and so on

>Jacobus

>"Cowboy" <Cowboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:6EB8039D-9838-4E2F-B98E-EFA29F358E75@microsoft.com...
> I have developed a POS application that contains a hundred or so
>individual forms which are all called from the menu and compiled into one
>exe. When a change is made, I have to issue a new exe. Is there any sense
>in dividing my application into the hundred or so exe's so that updates
>would be smaller for issuing? This then would present a problem of
managing
>updates. Rather that one file, each user location would have to be
>responsible for multiple updates over time, etc.
>
> Any advice will be appreciated.
> TIA

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