Humongous EAP-files

[kgish]

I noticed that even starting a new project which is initially empty results in an EAP-file of more than 2MB.

Isn't this a bit large for an empty project? Makes transferring my projects from home to work a bit awkward.

Just curious is all.

[Bruno.Cossi]

Hi,

the EAP file is nothing but an MS Access database with it's extension changed from MDB to EAP. Just try opening it using MS Access.
Even empty MS Access database (with the tables in it, but virtually no data), will be relatively big, there is little one can do. Once your project contains some data, use menu "Tools > Manage EAP file > Compact EAP file" regularly, it will help a little.
You could try exporting the model to XML (which typically results in a pretty large file, but can be zipped). Personally, I find that the time it takes is not worth the result.

Bruno

[kgish]

Yes of course, I should of known that. I have the professional version which uses the  'Microsoft Access Repository' format.