Building an app to allow for for updates via internet

well, usually, the main reason for a huge exe is a lot of forms at design time.
here are some links with extended list and solutions:
http://www.swissdelphicenter.ch/torry/showcode.php?id=1159
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21766370/how-to-make-smaller-apps-and-use-less-mem.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21465467/How-to-make-a-smaller-exe.html

cheers

also, for updating, you might consider realeasing patches. here is somethign that could look promising:http://www.tmssoftware.com/astaupdate.htm (never tried it though)

another base technique is to not put everything into one exe only. resources like pictures and videos can go into a separate dll, functionality can go into another dll and only the forms should go into the final exe. this way each of your new version does not essentially have to release ALL files again, only few or one of them.

also consider the following issues:
- compress your files when making them available thru internet, i suggest .ZIP as its most accessable for all (.RAR is the best but users may get annoyed to download another software to access .RAR files; and .CAB can be decompressed by ANY windows version, but only few users know how)
- compile your exe with a lot of compiler options disabled, most important of all: "debug info"
- when using pictures, always use JPEGs, PNGs or GIFs when supported
- dont create forms for every simple case; the source of the "InputQuery"-function shows very well how a quite simple form can be built at runtime - this way it doesnt consume place as a resource

I would say update the dlls rather than the exe, put all your main routines into a dll but that too would give several problems calling parameters for one, the fact the program may have the dll in memory etc etc.

I think the biggest problem I have is that I have many Jpeg files on every form in all my applications.
Where can I learn how to put these .jpeg files into a seperate file to referenced at run time

As soon as I posted this I realised that that is what you can do, thanks for your help the points are yours