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Using the Form Server
The StarTeam form server is a background application that improves the performance and responsiveness of the APE feature in the StarTeam Visual Studio .NET integration. Once loaded, it keeps in memory the resources that are expensive to reload, so that subsequent access to those resources is faster.
Under normal operation, the user does not need to do anything to receive the benefit of the form server. It automatically starts the first time the user opens an APE. Note that the first time an APE is launched (if the form server is not already running), it may take an extended period of time to initialize and display the form.
An icon representing the form server appears in the user’s system tray indicating that the server is running. The form server may be shut down by double-clicking the icon and responding Yes to the confirmation dialog.
However, the form server does not stop when you exit the application.
To stop the form server:
- Double-click the form server icon in the system tray. A message box asks whether or not you want to shut down the form server.
- Click Yes.
