Hello - Under ASP.NET 1.x the website was precompiled into a dll. It seems to me that under 2.0 each page is compiled as it is requested. I tried using the aspnet_compiler.exe toprecompile the website and copy the resulting dll's to the bin directory. But I ran into some issues: 1) When thewebsite loads, it didn't like some code I had app_code.dll accessing profile information. 2) It didn't likemy app_global.asax.dll So, my questionsare: Is there a way under ASP.NET 2.0 to precompile your website? If there is a way, what are the switches for the aspnet_compiler and the steps to copying the dll's? or is there another way to do it? Is it worth it to precompile? Does it makea difference? thanks - brian
When you Publish Web Site with Visual Studio 2005, it precompiles your application and uploads the precompiled DLLs to the web server. The precompilation is actually done on-the-fly and your local copy remains un-precompiled. If you use Copy Web Site in Visual Studio, it doesn't precompile your application. A precompiled application runs faster, but I think it's only noticably faster if you have a lot of pages and a lot of hits. Aristotle DiscountASP.NET www.DiscountASP.NET
Thanks for the reply Aristotle. Poking around on the web, I found the following article which filled in some of the details on the topic of precompilation using the aspnet_compiler - http://www.odetocode.com/Articles/417.aspx. enjoy - brian
