Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] storing bitmaps in one external file?

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Loughran
Got perl2exe, and it works a treat :) old par/pp compile time (with filters) -> 10 mins new perl2exe compile times -> 10 seconds its also dropped the memory footprint back down to where it should be (40Mb down to 17Mb), and it also fires up a lot faster (8-9 seconds down to 2-3 seconds). Wha

Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] storing bitmaps in one external file?

2006-08-23 Thread Lloyd, Steve
I have used Perl2Exe successfully for internal and commercial applications for years now. I highly recommend it. --Steve Lloyd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy White Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 9:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] storing bitmaps in one external file?

2006-08-23 Thread Jeremy White
Any major problems or gotchas with Perl2EXE or PerlApp? I have used PAR because it was "free", but i think its time to get serious about this :) I used both in the past, but I had to stop using Perl2exe as the version of perl they were supporting at the time caused me issues (was bugs in perl

Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] storing bitmaps in one external file?

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Loughran
Any major problems or gotchas with Perl2EXE or PerlApp? I have used PAR because it was "free", but i think its time to get serious about this :) Steve Adding resources works for both Perl2exe and PerlApp, but I think you might have to add resources to Parl.exe (or what ever its called) rather

Re: [perl-win32-gui-users] storing bitmaps in one external file?

2006-08-23 Thread Jeremy White
I dont want to store the plain bitmaps as files in a directory where the EXE is located, to prevent them being mangled or replaced by end-users. Does anyone have any good ideas or tips on how I would securely "pack" the bitmap files (various sizes and color depths) all into one large disk file (

[perl-win32-gui-users] storing bitmaps in one external file?

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Loughran
Hi all Recently, my code has become a bit "bloated" with inline bitmaps. Although this causes no problems when run from the native perl application, when I run my code through PAR/PP (with filters), it causes the EXE to "fire-up" a lot slower, due to the extra room taken up by the images, and