Visual Studio 2005 Find/Replace problem

[CodyB]

I have a very large form in my current app
It currently has about 1100 controls on it
They are on a tab control.
As I have added to this form I have found that the Find/Replace in VS
has been getting slower and slower
And I've been just dealing with it.
However it no longer runs
It now locks up VS entirely
I have to use Task Manager to close it

Anybody know how I can fix this?

 

[mentalhard]

Having 1100 controls on a single tab control is actually not good idea.
Honestly i couldn't realize why you need that much controls. I guess you do not expect that any user will accept to interact that much fields/controls/whatever.
However adding controls to the form programatically could sort your problem out. Adding controls from the designer certainly will slow down your IDE.

HTH

 

[DiskJunky]

I'd have to agree with that... I'd presume that some of the controls are repeating? If so you should consider writing your own custom control that incorporates a group of sub controls... That should actually speed things up from the IDE perspective...