faster loading on older computers

[apemoonkey]

Building exe there is an option:
"do not compress target file (faster loading on older computers)"
Is it setup file or program.exe (IMO "target file" can mean both).
Maybe i'm wrong though.

What is "older"
For example. The vi's are ~2-10mb.. computer and hd are a couple of
years old (500Mhz etc).
What is the best setting?
thanks
/Ape

[Dennis_Knutson]

Click on the Help button of the application builder window and you'll see this:

"Do not compress target file (faster load on slow machines)�By default, applications or shared libraries you build are compressed by 30 percent and decompressed at run time. If the target computer has a processor speed of 120 MHz or less, decompression increases the load time by approximately 10 percent. You can improve the load time by selecting this option. However, uncompressed applications and shared libraries can become quite large."

I've got older machines than yours and have always used the default setting with no problems. As far as I know, it only affects the initial load time anyway and not the execution time of the program.

[apemoonkey]

Dennis Knutson wrote in message news:<5065000000050000003ECF0000-1042324653000@exchange.ni.com>...
> Click on the Help button of the application builder window and you'll
> see this:
>
> "Do not compress target file (faster load on slow machines) By
> default, applications or shared libraries you build are compressed by
> 30 percent and decompressed at run time. If the target computer has a
> processor speed of 120 MHz or less, decompression increases the load
> time by approximately 10 percent. You can improve the load time by
> selecting this option. However, uncompressed applications and shared
> libraries can become quite large."
>
> I've got older machines than yours and have always used the default
> setting with no problems. As far a
s I know, it only affects the
> initial load time anyway and not the execution time of the program.

Ok, cool!
Thanks a lot for answering that quickly.
Pretty stupid of me not to find that in help text myself though.