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Projector and dir file size grow 7X unexpectedly ? dcr remains the same.

Subject: Projector and dir file size grow 7X unexpectedly ? dcr remains the same.
From: "Applied CD" <webforumsuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:50:31 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups: macromedia.director.lingo

I?m updating a Shockwave project that is also available for download (so size 
matters and I?ve got a dcr and exe of the same project). Last year the file 
sizes were as follows: dir = 933kb, dcr = 203kb, exe = 4,857kb ? all 
reasonable. I started with last year?s file, eliminated numerous redundant 
scripts and cast members (including an unused font), combined the functionality 
of scripts that were similar, streamlined the operation of other scripts, 
updated some internal data, replaced the one and only bmp with a new one for 
this year (same size), saved and compacted ? and for all my effort to clean up 
this year?s version I get the following: dir = 33.9Mb, dcr = 224kb, exe = 
37.5Mb The xtras are an obvious suspect but I went down the list and they?re 
the same as last year, the only outside xtra being POM (which hasn?t changed 
since 2006) I recompiled last year?s project and the sizes were still 
reasonable, so Director isn?t broke. Anyonw know what's up?


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