Breaking up a large .exe

[Earl]

I have a VB.Net program that has gotten much bigger than I expected and
thus, I'd like to break it into a smaller compiled .exe with multiple .dlls.
Any advice on what sections of code are best (or easiest) to break out in
this manner?

 

[Crouchie1998]

You can always create a set up project that that uses muliple cab files
instead - lol

Seriously, without seeing your project its hard to say

Crouchie1998
BA (HONS) MCP MCSE

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Earl,
My EXE's tend to be smaller, while most of the actual "program" logic is in
various DLLs. Which may or may not be shared across applications.

Normally my DLL's follow the logical tiers of my application.

For example:

MyApp.Exe
MyApp.Framework.dll
MyApp.Plugin1.dll
MyApp.Plugin2.dll
MyApp.Data.dll
MyApp.UI.dll
MyApp.SomeSubSystem.dll
...

The "trick" is going to be resolving any interdependencies that you may have
inadvertently introduced already...

Hope this helps
Jay

|I have a VB.Net program that has gotten much bigger than I expected and
| thus, I'd like to break it into a smaller compiled .exe with multiple
..dlls.
| Any advice on what sections of code are best (or easiest) to break out in
| this manner?
|
|

 

[Earl]

Thanks Jay