VS.NET 2003 Auto-Expand

[Wessam Bahnassi]

Hi guys,

I'm experiencing poor performance while debugging apps
with VS.NET 2003. When I traced the culprit, I found that
it's caused by the debugger's auto-expand feature. In
the 'Autos' window, when I view simple variables then
everything is ok, the problem occurs when I view a list
structure. VS keeps auto-expanding the nodes of the list
recursively, which makes it very slow when stepping
through code. Any help on how to avoid the problem? Is
there some way I can instruct auto-exp not to recurse for
such variable types?

Thanks a lot,
Wessam Bahnasi
Microsoft DirectX MVP
Lead Programmer
In|Framez

[Wessam Bahnassi]