Re: Native Code vs PCode

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On Fri, 2 Sep 2005 08:15:42 +0200, "Ivan Debono"
<ivanmdeb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I've got some activex dlls that access a database, retrieve recordsets, loop
>through them, calculate stuff, etc...
>
>Would it make a big difference if I compiled to PCode instead of Native Code
>(Fast Code)??
>
>The difference is in the size which is important for me as I need to package
>everything in a setup file and make it available on the internet for
>downloading.

Very unlikely you would see much improvement with native unless you're
doing a ~lot~ of calculations. It's easy enough to build & test each
way though if you want to be certain.

-Tom
MVP - Visual Basic
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