VS 2003 is slow

[mendhak]

I'm working on a very large ASP.NET solution that contains about 15 projects in it. In one of the projects - an Asynchronous HTTP Handler - typing has become a pain as it is very slow. I'm a fast typer - 115 wpm - and I end up typing a line of code and have to sit there and wait for the IDE to render those characters. I can't even switch to another window while this happens, or the rendering will simply stop. It's obviously extremely frustrating.

The IDE is slow in just this one project and nowhere else.

What should I look for that may offer a clue as to why it's being so slow?

(PS: C# codebehind)

[ComputerJy]

1-Close unused open tabs and unnecessary running applications and use a RAM utility like "FreeRamXP Pro"
2-Set the MSDEV.exe process priority to "RealTime"

[penagate]

Agg, no, don't set things to Realtime, particularly slow processes. You'll just freeze up the system.

3 - Import the code files into a fresh project.

[ComputerJy]

4- put directly related projects in a solution and combine them when you are done

[Valleysboy1978]

Odd that it only affects the one project
Perhaps it is set to compile as you type?

[penagate]

Nar - not C#...

It might be the IntelliSense cache, but I have no idea about that.

[mendhak]

Odd that it only affects the one project
Perhaps it is set to compile as you type?

Where can I find this setting?

[mendhak]

Oh. Didn't see penagate's post. Let me poke around these menus for a while. Feel free to post any suggestions at all, no matter how trivial or pointless they may seem.

[Valleysboy1978]

Not sure, I only heard about it sorry.
I'd check all the properties for that project against one of the ones that are fine. Obviously it is something specific to that project that is slowing it down

[Shaggy Hiker]

Oh. Didn't see penagate's post. Let me poke around these menus for a while. Feel free to post any suggestions at all, no matter how trivial or pointless they may seem.

Look under Options for the Quality Tab. Uncheck the box for "supress laughter at coding style". However, you will want to disconnect your speakers first.

[JPicasso]

Strangely enough I've noticed the same problem with my Windows forms, C# project.

I used to use VB.NET 2003 and never saw this behavior. Now I"m in VS2005, C# and I'll see it "hang" now and again. And I'm lucky to type 50 wpm while coding.
This is not a hugo solution, two projects and maybe 30 class files.

:shrug:

[mendhak]

Look under Options for the Quality Tab. Uncheck the box for "supress laughter at coding style". However, you will want to disconnect your speakers first.

That wasn't it either. I did find a checkbox for "Analyze like a wife after every character typed." Unfortunately, that's been grayed out.

(Which basically means, the search continues, I'll have an update later, been a busy week.)