Re: Strange behavior when using AspCompat=true

I think you'll have to add it to every page since the aspx is compiled into a class (or partial class for 2.0) upon http request.

Bob
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From: Nicholas Palmer <[email protected]>
> Hi all,
>
> Got a question about the AspCompat=true page property.  First a little
> background.  We have an ASP.NET app that uses two COM components.  The
> first is the Microsoft OWC 11 components and the second is a custom VB6
> COM component.  So I was reading about AspCompat=true and it seemed like
> it would be a good fit for our app.  From what I can tell both of the
> COM components that we are using are STA and we are creating the
> components in Page_load event as is required so it seems like we are a
> good fit for using  AspCompat=true.  So I added that to the pages in our
> app where we create the COM objects.  And did some testing and I've
> gotten some strange results.  The very first time I run my app, I get
> faster performance.  I can tell this because the both components are
> using in generating visual information and when I run the app the first
> time, the display comes up faster than it did without the AspCompat=true
> page property.  But if close the app and then launch another browser and
> start the app up again, my performance goes back to the way it was
> before I added the AspCompat=true.  Its very strange.  I have duplicated
> this test several times to confirm what I was seeing and I get the same
> behavior every time.  I have tried the same test on two different
> machines and get consistent behavior.  It seems the only time I get
> improved performance is if I do an IISRESET to recycle IIS and then run
> the app.  That first session runs fast but then non after it do.  Does
> anyone have any clues as to what might be happening ?  Do I need to add
> the AspCompat=true page property to every page in my project or just the
> pages that have the COM objects ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Nick
>
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