[cvsnt] Static linking of MFC dlls

Tue Jun 15 22:02:48 BST 2004

Richard,

> But cvsnt is using VS.NET i.e. MFC 7.1 and WinCvs is still MFC 6.0,
> isn't it?

You are correct. I did the check for CVSNT using VS.NET 2003 of course.

Best Regards,
Jerzy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Wirth" <r.wirth at wirthware.de>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 19:32
Subject: Re: [cvsnt] Static linking of MFC dlls

>
> Hello Jerzy,
>
> Tuesday, June 15, 2004, 10:27:24 PM, you wrote:
>
> JK> Tony,
>
> >> You end up with a huge executable file, so it doesn't help - the more
> >> files that use MFC the more the overhead gets.. it doesn't take many
> >> before it's not worth it.
>
> JK> Since CVSNT is not MFC-intensive and it probably won't be the linker
will
> JK> trim the size quite a lot.
>
> JK> There are two projects that use MFC. I made a quick check and the math
is
> JK> currently as follows:
> JK> 1. cvsagent - 40960B - statically linked: 172032B. Difference: 131072B
> JK> 2. cvsntcpl - 61952B - statically linked: 222720B. Difference: 160768B
>
> JK> Two differences together: 291840B
>
> JK> Now, two MFC dlls: 1047552B + 1060864B = 2108416B
>
> JK> So, between dynamic and static linking we have 1816576B difference.
>
> JK> That is  nearly 1.8MB more and it would make CVSNT installer half the
> JK> current size (and very suitable to include within WinCvs installer,
> JK> naturally ;)
>
> But cvsnt is using VS.NET i.e. MFC 7.1 and WinCvs is still MFC 6.0,
> isn't it?
>
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Richard                            mailto:r.wirth at wirthware.de
>
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