Is there a way to generate release releases in the old Delphis directly from the IDE?

Question

In the latest versions of Delphi we can easily generate a version of the executable for distribution by simply running the compilation by the option Release.

This removes several useful points for the Debugger and leaves the lower executable.

Is there a way to generate executables for distribution in older versions of Delphi? This is based on configuration?

I would like to know more about versions 6 and 7, because there are still systems in these versions in the company where I work.

We usually use the UPX to get smaller executables, but how to do this directly from the IDE as in newer versions?

Answer 1

I found some interesting information.

The Delphi tb can generate smaller executables, it is enough for you not use vcl, in this case all events should be done at hand, such as in the Masm32, as the keyboard events, mouse, screen drawing, Buttons and etc. Of course this takes time, but if one wants one application that is tiny, as a virus for example will not use in any case visual components and try anyway reduce the dependency of third parties to the maximum, placing the functions that accesses a separate Unit instead of adding all Unit.

source: Activedelphi. Response from Johnny-Walker.

In the same post there is another answer, from Rodrigoprado

-Here in the company an ordinary . exe would have 60.7 Mb. -we optimized it to 30.0 -after this we still have it on 7zip using ultra mode compression, making it drop to 4.5 Mb.

then in the end we would have a.7z file of 4.5 Mb.

01-We use Delphi 7, in Project --- Options on the DEBUGGING page we cleared all checks ex: degug information, Symbols location, Reference, Definitions, assertions, use debug dcus. 02-na page LINKER no group EXE AND DLL OPTION we uncheck generate consolte, include td32 debug and include remote debug simbols.

ai clicamos ok, let’s shift+f to a build in the new exe, it will fall to less than half of the package, because in these options is the version of user there we do not need to include anything debug that we use for development among other things. that only exist for us who develops, pro user You don’t need it or just receive the pure code.