问题
I have created a simple project in Delphi XE2 with only 3 or 4 delphi forms which are only 8 or 9 KB in size. But If I see the exe size, its 12MB. I don't know how? What could be the reasons?
回答1:
You're using the default Debug build configuration, which includes debug information in the exe.
You normally change the build configuration to release in order to produce a smaller exe for distribution, at the expense to lose the ability to debug it within the Delphi IDE (step by step).
Take a look at How to change Delphi Build configuration?
Using Delphi XE 3 with a simple form, the Debug exe is 10,995Kb whereas the Release exe is only 2,326Kb long. You may argue the latter is still big, but that's another question:
- How to achieve smaller size of the executable?
- What Can I Do To Reduce My Executable's Size (Delphi)?
- Create smaller delphi-xe executables (delphi.about.com)
回答2:
Okay, Now I know, I was compiling exe in build mode. When I switched to release mode and then compiled, the size was in KBs.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13598678/exe-size-is-too-big-in-delphi-xe2