Slow switching between code & designer views

[SamSpide]

Hi all,

I have a moderate-side 'Windows Form Application' (C++)
project, with several forms.

For some reason switching between code & designer views
(right-click ;view code' or 'view designer') is very slow.
How slow? It can take more than 10 seconds for a truely
moderate-size form.

The best workaround I managed to come up with was to
automatically instantiate (at runtime) as many of the screen-
components as possible, leaving the Designer generated
InitializeComponent() method as slim as possible.

That, of course, is a serious pain.

Better ideas will be welcomed...


I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio Pro 2005 Version
8.0.50727.42 , with 2.0.50727 .NET Framework.


SamSpide

 

[RobinS]

Is it slow when you're mucking around with it in design mode, or when you
are running the application?

Mine is slow when switching between the code and designer window for a
Windows Form; I think it's just a known problem with Visual Studio 2005. I
haven't found that it affects the application at runtime, though. I think
I'm probably going to completely grind my teeth down, it annoys me so much.
;-)

Robin S.