Hi

 

What is the speed of your machine like?  I have been working with an application with many hundreds of views without too many problems.  I've experienced the designer client running significantly slower on some older machines though...

 

Alternatively, could you try working on a template of the design locally to save on trips to and from the server?

 

I see you are running 8.5.2, if you are on less than 8.5.1 then the designer client is a lot less responsive. 

 

I tried different machines. My primary development machine is virtualized WinXP on dual processor 5520 quad code server. Then I tested also on other machines like i7 quadcore 16GB ram, ....

So equipment is not an issue. I also sniffed network traffic, and it goes to 100MB with few clicks.

I tried also with new copied database, without docs, and then I found out that if I delete all views, then it goes to normal behaviour, like if you start from blank database.

 

 

It is not a problem of documents, but cause of design elements / views. And Designer probably refreshes the list for data source selection each time a click is done in designing a xpage with view control.

I tried to disable Auto building option, but it does not matter.
I dont like coding on local replica cause I have many development stations and I like to have an up to date status when changing offices.