It seems to be too long for one class library. Is there something special about it that it takes more than a minute to compile?
Is a network involved in any way?

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>For example, the following files have these characteristics.
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>aControls.VCX ... 7 KB
>aControls.VCT ... 35 KB
>53 Records in the VCX itself.
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>The VCX was opened as a table and packed. I then closed the file. Then I manually compiled it using the following command:
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>COMPILE CLASSLIB libs\acontrols.vcx
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>Compiling this file took 1 minute and 8 seconds. The dialog that initially popped up (the thermometer that shows progress) hung empty for a full 40 seconds before beginning the compile process.
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>I'm running a 2.0 Gig machine with a Gig of RAM. New windows installation with SP2 (XPPro). CPU usage is at 100% but I expected that for a compile ... just not for a full minute.
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>Thanks Sergey,
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>CT