Initial Form Loads slowly

[Ramon]

Need help on this:

 

I created a window application in visual basic .net. It works perfectly but the only unusual is that it took a lot of time before the initial form will be loaded. i'm not using any backgound processes.

 

could anybody help me on how to create progress indicator for slow loading applications.

[Robby]

Are you in Debug mode when this happens? Either way the first time you run a .NET app it is always slower.

[Ramon]

application has been deployed but the same thing happens during debug mode.

[sjn78]

did you compile it using the release mode?

[Ramon]

i don't even see the difference between release and debug mode. please educate me a little.

[mutant]

The Debug mode contains all kinds of info that enable debugging. This make the assembly slower. On the other hand, Release mode, when compiled does not include any debugging info so it cannot be debugged like the assembly built using Debug mode.

[Engine252]

i here asum you use a mdi app

 

then

maybe you should laod one form at start up but never show it to the user and the next time you load a form it will be quicker

 

if your'e not using a mdi form well .net framework is slow ... and there's nothing you can do about it

 

wat you can do in this last case is creat a splash screen and show a progress bar and let it progress throu the loading of the

form if there is alot to load you can do this in the initialise components aswell if you like.

hope it helps

[Robby]

Wow, these statements are just false "if your'e not using a mdi form well .net framework is slow"

[Ramon]

thank you all for your help, guess i'll have to try that one first since i'm using MDI form. I think .net framework is really slow but if this is the case then i would need to create something that would tell the user to wait like cursor icon and i cannot do this without a form. i'm using a module as startup and would took about a minute or two before the code that will call the initial form (splash screen) will be processed. i can't create another more form, i believe it would only make things worst.

 

got a better way of doing this? I would appreciate it.