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Why is the Workflow Designer so extremely slow when editing build process templates?

Asked 2011-06-14T13:28:43.047
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There's not much more to add really than the above question.

I have a fairly simple build process template, which has hardly deviated from the default one.

I have two custom activities, which by recommendation live in a separate assembly within the same solution.

However....

Opening the template takes about two minutes.

Changing properties on an activity in the workflow, reordering activities in the workflow, adding activities to the workflow, all take between 30-60 seconds.

It's completely unusable at the moment and I'm beginning to regret moving from Cruise Control to TFS for build management :(

Does anyone else experience this or know a decent workaround? Is it better to simply edit the XAML text by hand?

Thanks

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There are two ways you can edit a build definition. (or any workflow definition)
First, you can start from root and start expanding details. All levels are shown in a single view and this approach is extremely slow. More detail items you expand, more slow it gets.

Instead, you can keep the build workflow collapsed and drill into detail items by double clicking on title which opens detail items in separate views and does not introduce any performance problems.

answered 2011-06-14T14:54:51.390

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