Can you precompile a desktop app?

[the_grove_man]

I read an article that you can procompile ASP.NET to speed up initial
response time for users since pages do not have to be compiled the
first time they are requested.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms227972.aspx

Is it possible to do this with desktop applications?

Thanks for any help,
John

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

This is confusing.

All windows forms apps are pre-compiled. Some ASP.NET apps are, at least in
2.0.

But, you are probably talking about the preloading, via the .axd file, which
goes ahead and runs the pages into memory, as if they had been hit. This
goes beyond IL and loads assemblies into memory. There is no built in
function to do this with windows forms, but it is not generally a problem.

THere are a couple of things you can do to speed things up:

1. Use the optimization option in the compile properties.
2. ngen.exe your assemblies on the box in question (or one of the same type)

Both of these will greatly speed the app and will help with loading time.

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[the_grove_man]

Thank you very much.

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

Glad I could help.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
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