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When you load a library in QB, do only the declared routines get included in the used string space, or does the entire library that's been? What I mean is, is it better to combine only the object files that you use, or it doesn't matter since you won't be declaring all the functions and routines anyways? Thanks
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LIBs have nothing to do with String space. STRINGS have. I mean, your STRING space will get full if your routines use many strings.
About your question, I think that the LINKer is smart enough to link to your EXE just the OBJs that are used in a LIB. But I may be wrong.
Something way different is QLBs. The bigger they are, the more chances exist that you are not able to run the IDE.
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Hmmm, so good programming habits would be to take only the obj files that you are using and making a new qlb out of it. That's what I've been doing, but I just want to see if it made a difference. Thanks
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Quote:Something way different is QLBs. The bigger they are, the more chances exist that you are not able to run the IDE.
I think (always thought) that the QLBs get loaded into QB IDE's memory, either only the definitions or the whole lib (I think the former though).
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QLBs are loaded completely. You are in the IDE, so QB has no idea about what FUNCTIONs or SUBs you are gonna use. Linking is different: LINK knows which FUNCTIONS/SUBs you have used.
