Why does it take 5-10 minutes to open a website. it seems VWD is getting worse and slower. I've spent an hour on crashes and waiting for the site to load today.

 Why does F5 start a build in VWD when it refrehes the folder in expression web? Why is there no application consistency, especially since you have to use expression web to do any real kind of layout work becuase VWD is so bad. Everytime i accidentally hit F5 in VWD, im stuck for 10 minutes or i have to do a forced reboot to close the application.

 Does anyone have any solutions to these horrible design flaws?

 Is Studio any better?

afw4567:

Does anyone have any solutions to these horrible design flaws?

Simplest solution is to use a product better suited for you and your way of working.  You mention Expression, perhaps that's your answer.

Jeff

You can try to seperate your project into smaller pieces and combine them together in the end.

 As for stop compling, try to save the file and an error pop-up window would occur and press cancel build.

How do you stop a build? is there a hot key for that? I don't see any buttons.

Why do the sites take so long to open? is there any thing you can do to speed this up? Is Visual Studio any better than Visual Web Developer on speed?

You can force VS to end using project manager.

And yes, it takes a long time to open.

Hi,

Based on my understanding, your website is loaded slowly when you try to debug your website using VWD. If I have misunderstood you, please feel free to let me know.

To better understand your issue, could you please confirm the following information:

• If we create a simple test website, does it have the same issue? You can narrow down where the issue is from.
• If we run it in release mode (set the debug="false" in web.config), does it have the same issue? If it only occurs in debug mode, you can try to repair your VWD.

 Visual Web Developer is a great tool for beginners, in your case, you can try to use another version, such as Visual Studio.

I hope this helps.

Sorry...let me explain better.

I'm having 2 issues. One is really a complaint with the design of Visual Web Developers short cut keys. The other i need a solution for.

Issue 1. The complaint..the F5 key. In IE, firefox, or Expression Web, F5 functions as a "refresh" key. In Visual Web Developer pressing F5 does nto refresh the folder you are working in as it does in Expression Web, butt starts a build of the site. There is not cancel function either. Unless you wait until it finishes (10-20 minutes), you can't work. This is just sloppy design on Microsofts part. Further, in Adobe products you can change the shortcut keys. Not so with Visual Web Developer.

Issue 2. Slow performance when opening a remote site. Going to "File - Open Web Site - Remote Website", it is taking several minutes for a site to open. a site with only about 40 .aspx files takes anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes to open. The same size site but with php or asp files opens in seconds. Even after implementing the "debug=false" suggestion. Regarding using Visual Studio, I have no problem using Visual Studio so long as there is improvement in speed. I am building professional websites with Visual Web Developer already. My only issue is speed. Can someone confirm or deny that Visual Studio does not take as long to open a remote website? This is a serious time issue as I may spend a combined 2 hours a day waiting for sites to open that i need to work on.

Stop complianing.

This is what jt is.

Beat it.

Thanks...hate to be your client.."My site doesn't work" "It is what it is beat it".

Anyone have a solution to these issues? As i pointed out,even my complaint should have a solution. If it was an Adobe product, I could atleast change the short cut keys.

Maybe wasting hours of time is ok for others.

Hi,

Thanks for your response.

While building, you can try to press the Ctrl+Break key combination to cancel the build. If you want to change the shortcut key, you can refer to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb245788(VS.80).aspx.

To issue2:

If we create the a simple test website on remote server and open it with VWD, does it have the same issue? When we open a remote IIS Web site, Visual Web Developer creates a project to manage the files. The project stores a small amount of information such as your choices for how to run the application and what debuggers are available on your local.

I hope this helps.

Thomas, Thank you for the short cut keys!!!

It took some time to track them down in the list.
For anyone else looking for this...goto "Tools - options - environment - keyboard"
Choose "File.Viewinbrowser" and assign it to F12 to change your "preview page" shortcut to what it is in Expression web/dreamweaver.
Choose "View.Refresh" and set it to F5 to  refresh your web site folders/files.

Regarding the second issue, "yes" if its a new site it opens fast. Does having my utilities in the "app_code" folder have anythign to do with speed?

Thanks!

Hi,

Do you install the VWD 2005 on Windows Vista (means you run the website on IIS7)?
If yes, then Microsoft has an hotfix for it.

Please read this blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/06/27/public-hotfix-patch-available-for-debugging-asp-net-on-iis7.aspx

I have installed the hotfix and it fixes the issue.

I hope that helps.

Best regards,

Ferry Meidianto