Optimisation for shareware packages

[Number 11950 - GPEMC! Replace number with 11950]

Shareware & trialware needs to come in a small package so that customers on
dialup can access these products as well. In practice, limiting maximum
download size is highly desirable with the client base quartering every time
the download size is doubled.

Where package size is too big, it becomes more expensive to pay for trial
download bandwidth than what you recover in sales. For example, typical
conversions in the region of 1% see 2Gb of bandwidth consumed for every sale
of a 20Mb package - with many quality hosting providers, this amounts to
costs equivalent to or exceeding the purchase price of the product.

What I need to know is what if any, are the business advantages of VS2005?
Why should my accountant recommend upgrading from VB6? Most importantly, I
need to know if & how VS2005 optimises package size for downloadable
shareware and trialware applications... .?

Thanks in Advance...

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[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

GPEMC,

At least in my country (and the complete Benelux) have probably even more
than 75% of the households high speed Internet connections, so your
statements are in my idea a little bit outdated.

But Net assemblies are mostly very small compared with VB6 as long as you
use only Net parts.

I hope this gives an idea,

Cor

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Shareware & trialware needs to come in a small package so that customers
on
dialup can access these products as well. In practice, limiting maximum
download size is highly desirable with the client base quartering every
time
the download size is doubled.

Where package size is too big, it becomes more expensive to pay for trial
download bandwidth than what you recover in sales. For example, typical
conversions in the region of 1% see 2Gb of bandwidth consumed for every
sale
of a 20Mb package - with many quality hosting providers, this amounts to
costs equivalent to or exceeding the purchase price of the product.

What I need to know is what if any, are the business advantages of VS2005?
Why should my accountant recommend upgrading from VB6? Most importantly, I
need to know if & how VS2005 optimises package size for downloadable
shareware and trialware applications... .?

Thanks in Advance...

--
Timothy Casey GPEMC! >11950 is the nu****@fieldcra ft.biz 2email
Terms & conditions apply. See www.fieldcraft.biz/GPEMC
Discover valid interoperable web menus, IE security, TSR Control,
& the most advanced speed reading application @ www.fieldcraft.biz

[Number 11950 - GPEMC! Replace number with 11950]

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GPEMC,

At least in my country (and the complete Benelux) have probably even more
than 75% of the households high speed Internet connections, so your
statements are in my idea a little bit outdated.

A comforting thought

But Net assemblies are mostly very small compared with VB6 as long as you
use only Net parts.

I hope this gives an idea,

[SNIP]

Thank you, this promises to be helpful. If there is a way to ship a smaller
setup package, all the better. I'll have a play around and see what
happens...

--
Timothy Casey GPEMC! >11950 is the nu****@fieldcra ft.biz 2email
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Discover valid interoperable web menus, IE security, TSR Control,
& the most advanced speed reading application @ www.fieldcraft.biz