size of .rc file

[jno]

I have noticed a dramatic increase in the size of my .rc file.  I believe this occured when I began using measurement studio 8.x where before I had used  measurement studio 6.x (both with ms visual studio 6.0 sp6 and  MS VC++ ).  The increase in the .rc file size has also increased the size of my executable considerably.  Is there any way to reduce the size of this executable?  Can anyone confirm that there indeed is a considerable bump in resource and executable file size when moving between these versions of measurement studio.

Thanks, John

[jno]

A little investigation on our end has resolved the problem.  In particular opening up the rc file and looking through it showed the problem was not with a measurement studio component but with an activeX component called msflexgrid.  After changing the properties (deleting some spaces from the properties->style->format area) of this component just a little our rc file size went from 116MB to 1.3MB. There are other threads out there on this topic if you search for "msflexgrid .rc size".

[drohacek]

Thanks for posting the resolution. It is appreciated.