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Resolved Any opinions on Images being in the EXE vs. PBD?

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  1. Christopher Craft
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  3. Monday, 10 April 2023 15:59 PM UTC

We have always compiled our resources into the EXE but as more images get added it just keeps expanding the size of it.  I started compiling them into a PBD but before I decide to change our deployment I wanted to know if anyone had any opinions on the pros/cons.  It seems much better to use a resource.pbd file but I could be missing something.

Thanks,

Chris Craft

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mike S
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  1. Monday, 10 April 2023 18:57 PM UTC
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PBD rather than EXE:

cons: 

my understanding is that the app will run faster if the images are the exe rather than a pbd.   

 

pros:

If you need to simply change out an image, then you only need to recompile the pbd.

 

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Chris Pollach @Appeon
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  2. Monday, 10 April 2023 19:15 PM UTC
FWIW: Actually, once the PBD/DLL is "cached" there should not be any performance difference. The key tip here too is to make the image PBD the 1st in the library list. HTH. ;-)
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Christopher Craft
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  2. Monday, 10 April 2023 20:51 PM UTC
Good to note - thanks guys.
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Roland Smith
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  2. Monday, 10 April 2023 21:12 PM UTC
You could have an empty PBL and assign a PBR to that when compiling the app. That would give you a PBD that contained only images.
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Chris Pollach @Appeon
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  1. Monday, 10 April 2023 16:12 PM UTC
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Hi Chris;

  FWIW: I've been placing all my image resources in PBD's for decades with no issues. HTH

Regards ... Chris 

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Chris Pollach @Appeon
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  2. Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:55 PM UTC
Me too ... only one PBR but - that is pointing to one "empty" PBL that in turn produces one PBD or DLL for app that has all the images.. ;-)
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Bruce Armstrong
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  1. Tuesday, 11 April 2023 18:41 PM UTC
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Hey Chris.

I've always have put them in the EXE, but purely because I found it was easier to do that.  Only one PBR to maintain.

Also, FWIW, the other thing to note is that I don't generally have anything except the application object in the PBL that the EXE is based off of.  So the exe is just the application object stub and the images.

 

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Christopher Craft
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  2. Wednesday, 3 May 2023 18:04 PM UTC
Sorry Bruce - I totally missed your comment from the 14th! That Comcast is not valid anymore. Use Chris with FamousSoftware.com
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Bruce Armstrong
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  2. Wednesday, 3 May 2023 18:21 PM UTC
Chris, I found that one as well on the 22nd and sent you an email. You might need to check spam. Otherwise, you can reach me using Bruce and BruceArmstrong.org.
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Christopher Craft
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  2. Thursday, 4 May 2023 16:24 PM UTC
Found it in junk. I sent you an email.
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