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Enterprise Architect => Bugs and Issues => Topic started by: jack89 on May 19, 2021, 12:47:12 am

Title: [EA 15.2] Copied & cleaned project size is the same
Post by: jack89 on May 19, 2021, 12:47:12 am

Hi all,

here my scenario:

- project A -> size: 100 MB
- project B (copied from project A in which I deleted a lot of content inside it) the size is always 100 MB

Which is the main reason? In the project B there is much less content, but the size is the same of project A.
I deleted the elements from the project browser.

Thank you in advance

Title: Re: [EA 15.2] Copied & cleaned project size is the same
Post by: Geert Bellekens on May 19, 2021, 12:54:15 am

Jack, an .eap(x) file is essentially an access database.

The filesize is not directly related to the amount of data it keeps.

You can shrink the .eap(x) file using the option Configure | Model | Integrity | Manage .EAPX/.EAP file | Compact .EAPX/.EAP file...

Geert

Title: Re: [EA 15.2] Copied & cleaned project size is the same
Post by: qwerty on May 19, 2021, 03:39:29 am

Quote from: Geert Bellekens on May 19, 2021, 12:54:15 am

The filesize is not directly related to the amount of data it keeps.

Not really. It IS related. Of course xD

It's just that Access does not do any garbage collection until you start some utility (via the menu you pointed out).

q.

Title: Re: [EA 15.2] Copied & cleaned project size is the same
Post by: Geert Bellekens on May 19, 2021, 04:19:20 am

That's wat "not directly related" means doesn't it?
Yes it is related, but not directly

Geert

Title: Re: [EA 15.2] Copied & cleaned project size is the same
Post by: qwerty on May 19, 2021, 07:51:08 am

Well, in a mathematical sense it does not. But language permits emphasis which when written is lost. "NOT directly" and "not DIRECTLY" are lightly different. Of course I was just a bit joking and everyone knows what you actually meant.

q,