Hi,

Thanks for your immediate reply.

I have a perl script. when I convert using the following command:

pp -gui -o xmpPDF1.exe xmpPDF.pl

the resulted exe file size is "3,664 KB"

when I use, as per you said:

pp -gui -z 9 -o xmpPDF2.exe xmpPDF.pl

the resulted exe file size is "3,657 KB"

So it only reduced "7 bit".

But when I create exe using "perlapp.exe", the size is very minimum ap
+proximately 500 to 700 KB only.

Can I make it reduce the exe size in such highly compressed way?

REgards,
Srikrishnan
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The difference is that pp generates a standalone application containing everything your script needs, including the entire perl interpreter and all required DLLs, whereas perlapp just wraps your script and a stub that loads the existing perl interpreter. The pp-generated EXE runs on a computer without perl, the perlapp-generated one doesn't.

Choose what you need: If the target computer has your perl version installed, use perlapp. If it doesn't, use pp. Or even better: Distribute the raw script and a perl installer.

(And by the way: The difference is not 7 bit, but 7 KBytes = 7 * 1024 Bytes * 8 Bit / Byte = 57.344 bits.)

Alexander

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Hi,

Sorry I wrongly typed bit instead of kbyte.
Thanks for your valuable suggestions.

REgards,
Srikrishnan
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Yes, use perlapp :)

Could also try PAR::Filter::Squish, or Use UPX to minimize the executable size (http://upx.sourceforge.net/)