Re: Programs

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From: Tim Witort (trw7at_at_ixdot.netcomdotcom)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:07:09 GMT

=?Utf-8?B?Q293Ym95?= seemed to utter in
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

If the size of updates is an issue, you may want to look
into one of the many patch programs that are available.
The can produce patch files that, depending on how much
the new release differs from the prior one, are only a few
percent of the size of the full EXE. So a patch for a
10MB EXE might be around 200K - even smaller if the changes
are minor.

-- TRW
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