Compiling stand alone program question

[richard terry-2]

My question is is it possible/could it be made possible, to compile one form
into a stand alone program, without compiling the whole project.

Within my complex program, I've a number of effectively stand-alone programs,
which, could run independantly of the whole program and would be useful to
have them do so (eg. my drug browser for product information), but they also
are very useful running as a form stuck to the main program.

However, as when one compiles gambas, one seems to need to compile the 'whole
lot'

At the moment, to compile part of my program as stand-alone, I have to create
a new project and I guess import the files via making a symbolic link to the
original program.

Perhaps I'm missing something, but any comments/advice appreciated.

Thanks

Richard

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[Benoit Minisini]

On lundi 07 juillet 2008, richard terry wrote:

> My question is is it possible/could it be made possible, to compile one
> form into a stand alone program, without compiling the whole project.
>
> Within my complex program, I've a number of effectively stand-alone
> programs, which, could run independantly of the whole program and would be
> useful to have them do so (eg. my drug browser for product information),
> but they also are very useful running as a form stuck to the main program.
>
> However, as when one compiles gambas, one seems to need to compile the
> 'whole lot'
>
> At the moment, to compile part of my program as stand-alone, I have to
> create a new project and I guess import the files via making a symbolic
> link to the original program.
>
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but any comments/advice appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard
>

It's not possible.

But you can run your program with different names (use symbolic links), and
use Application.Args[0] at program startup to choose to run the full program,
or only a specific form.

As the interpreter only loads what it needs from the executable, it will not
make a big difference with having multiple small executables.

Regards,

--
Benoit Minisini

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