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Pre-compile ASP.NET Application

You can pre-compile an ASP.NET application before deploying it. Pre-compiling the applications has the following benefits:

• Improves application performance by avoiding the need to compile the first time the application is invoked from a browser.
• Lets you verify if the code in the application compiles without errors before executing the application.

Gen provides the in place mode for pre-compilation of ASP.NET applications. Pre-compiling a site in place effectively performs the same compilation that occurs when users request pages from your site. Therefore, the primary performance improvement is that pages do not have to be compiled for the first request. This feature is similar to the Load JSP/Servlets at startup feature that is available during assembly of a CA Gen Web Generation application.

With the MSI.NET Assemble Details dialog in the Build Tool, you can enable the pre-compiling of an ASP.NET Web Client application before deployment.

The following screenshot shows the MSI.NET Assemble Details dialog in the Build Tool:

Note: For more information about pre-compiling ASP.NET Web Client application, and the MSI.NET Assemble Details dialog, see the Build Tool Help.