How can Reduce Final Exe of MFc dialog Based application?

Hi all,

i am working on simple Dialog Based application in MFC,when i compile it its size is 2.5 MB,
than i use Relese option to comile it again but there is not so much change display in exe size.

so please help me how can i reduce the size of final exe in mfc dialog based application.

thanks in advance.

Here are few general guidelines (not only for dialog-based applications):

• Use MFC as a shared DLL and not as a statically linked library;
• Do not keep large reources like big bitmaps in the executable;
• Use ASSERT macros to signal programmer mistakes;
• Use TRACE macros to display info for programmers;
• Avoid repetitive/redundant/not used code;
• Make DLLs;
• ...the list is open.

use a runtime packer such as UPX