Paul Malcher makes a very good point about UPX. I use on my compiled
scripts.. You have to use the --nocompress option when compiling. The run
the exe through UPX with the -9 switch.. You should have a final exe
significantly smaller than a normal PerlApp'd script. 

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-----Original Message-----
From: pdk-admin@[...].com
[mailto:pdk-admin@[...].com] On Behalf Of Paul Malcher
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:21 PM
To: pdk@[...].com
Subject: RE: Another complaint about perlapp EXE sizes

Hi,
I have one last idea. Try Cygwin and use that perlcc to build a cygwin
binary. Yes, it would need a dll, but it would produce a exe you can pack
down with upx.
I've tried that before and have had success with that.
UPX is a good exe packer with really fast inplace decompression. Just google
it for the specs and dl. I compress macromedia flash.exe from 11 MB to about
3 with it. Look into that it might work for you as well as it has for me.


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Sincerely,

Paul Malcher

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