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-----filename.cpp--------------
#include <windows.h>

WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int)
    {
    MessageBox(HWND_DESKTOP, "This is a Hello World!", " Hi!!", 
MB_OK);
    return 0;
    }

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Static linked 25,088 bytes
bcc32 -RT- -x- -W filename noeh32.lib

Dynamic Linked 5,632 bytes
bcc32 -RT- -x- -WR filename noeh32.lib

.  Ed

> Jeff Kish wrote in message
> news:lnh7j09tgap87t7u8edf7eq40ilivcsdi4@4ax.com...
>
>>My Hello World sample that is like below :
>>    #include <windows.h>
>>    #include "dialogs.hpp"
>>    #pragma hdrstop
>>    #pragma argsused
>>    WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, 
>> LPSTR
>>lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
>>    {
>>      ShowMessage("This is a Hello World!");
>>      return 0;
>>    }
>>has 12288 bytes lenght when I dont attach any RTL
>>if I attach RTLs , (RunTimePachage and Dynamic RTL) it wont compile 
>>becasue
>>there is VCL components/RTLs I think.
>>Then when I only arrach Dynamic RTLs it becomes : 51712
>>
>>I personally think , It is possible to make a 1 Kilobytes exe file 
>>to do a
>>very simple job like Hello World !!
>>What you peoples think? thx for your attentions.
>>
>>and ASPACK make it 31744 bytes :-? good work for aspack :-)
>>
>>any more idea?
>>
> no. sorry. aspack was my solution to shrink bloated exe's.
> I had problems making it work on dlls however.
> You may need to use other compilers to make smaller executables...