Crystal Report very slow on first load

[bodylojohn]

Hello,

I have a piece of code that prints an empty page.

 Private Sub pnKassa_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles pnKassa.Click
    Me.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor
    Dim cryRpt As New ReportDocument
    Dim ReportPath As String = Application.StartupPath
    cryRpt.Load(ReportPath & _LocatieOverzichten & "crLEGEPAGINA.rpt")
    'Druk het overzicht af naar de standaard printer
    cryRpt.PrintToPrinter(1, False, 0, 0) 'Stuur het overzicht naar de default printer
    '********************
    Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default
  End Sub

The first time I run the code the report takes like 15 seconds to print.
When I run the code the second time it only takes about 3 seconds.

What am I doing wrong?
Should I load the report one time when the application starts so that all of my reports load faster?

Thanks in advance!!!

[wes4dbt]

That's not unusual, here's a thread that talks about it. http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...hlight=crystal

[jggtz]

Should I load the report one time when the application starts so that all of my reports load faster?

Crystal reports takes time to load its engine the first time it is invoked
You could try to open a dummy rpt when your application starts and catch the exception
...you could use another thread to do it...