Why is running in the IDE so slow

[Just Me]

I have an App that takes maybe 10 minutes in the IDE but when I run the .exe
directly in windows it take maybe 3 seconds.

Is that to be expected?


Thanks

 

[Chris, Master of All Things Insignificant]

Are you doing a lot of data-processing in the routine and do you do a lot of
debug.write or trace stuff in it?

Chris

 

[Bernie Yaeger]

Hi,

No; there's something wrong. I typical app that takes, say, 15 seconds to
load in the ide, will load in Windows - same pc - in about 3 seconds. But
no way 3 seconds v 10 minutes.

Bernie Yaeger

 

[Jeff Dillon]

10 minutes/ 3 seconds to do what?

If you create a brand new VB.NET project, no controls, hit Run, it takes 10
minutes to display the window?

Jeff

 

[Just Me]

Thanks
A little more info:
It's not the loading that takes time.
I "Start" the app in the IDE and it acts OK until I cause it to do a certain
thing.
This take a while but when that completes it acts OK.

Same process in Windows and it only take a short while to do that certain
thing.

Thanks

 

[Jeff Dillon]

And the "thing" is??

Thanks
A little more info:
It's not the loading that takes time.
I "Start" the app in the IDE and it acts OK until I cause it to do a certain
thing.
This take a while but when that completes it acts OK.

Same process in Windows and it only take a short while to do that certain
thing.

Thanks

 

[Nak]

Hi,

So that means that the applications main form appears okay quickly?
Some solutions of mine that have setup projects in them take a while to
compile if I am compiling all 3, do you have any setup projects in the
solution? How many projects *do* you have in the solution?

Nick.

 

[Just Me]

Thanks for the replies.

The problem is not in the loading or compiling of the program since the
program works well except when I cause it to perform a certain function.

I just hoped someone would know something like xxx is much slower when
executed in the IDE then in straight windows.

I think there is much listbox reading, string formatting, and picturebox
text drawing it the problem function. (It's a problem function only in the
IDE!)

Of course these happen whether in the IDE or straight Windows.

Thanks

 

[Jeff Dillon]

You "think"? Did you write the code?

Comment out suspect code, and recompile, or put in run-time logging...

Jeff

 

[Just Me]

You "think"? Did you write the code?
Yes


Comment out suspect code, and recompile, or put in run-time logging...

It's a big app.

 

[Jeff Dillon]

It's a big app, and you're just testing it NOW? Did it ever run ok?

Surely you tested it along the way...

Jeff

 

[Just Me]

It was always slow in the IDE.

It's a big app, and you're just testing it NOW? Did it ever run ok?

Surely you tested it along the way...

Jeff