Profiling .NET Application

[Charles Law]

I have seen people ask this before, and I think I have as well. The question
is: specifically, what third-party tools or built-in .NET features exist for
profiling .NET applications?

The answers I have seen before seem to refer generally to the existence of
such tools, but do not mention names.

The particular scenario is: I have a VB.NET application, which, under
certain circumstances causes the CPU activity to disappear off the scale.
What I am trying to find out is where is my code disappearing off to to
cause this to happen, and why.

Do people have any preferred tools / techniques for analysing this kind of
problem? I'd rather it didn't involve writing debug code everywhere.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Charles

[James J. Foster]

One such tool, ANTS by Red-Gate:

http://www.red-gate.com/code_profiling.htm

--
James J. Foster, DotNetCoders
http://www.dotnetcoders.com
"Charles Law" <la****@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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I have seen people ask this before, and I think I have as well. The question is: specifically, what third-party tools or built-in .NET features exist for profiling .NET applications?

The answers I have seen before seem to refer generally to the existence of
such tools, but do not mention names.

The particular scenario is: I have a VB.NET application, which, under
certain circumstances causes the CPU activity to disappear off the scale.
What I am trying to find out is where is my code disappearing off to to
cause this to happen, and why.

Do people have any preferred tools / techniques for analysing this kind of
problem? I'd rather it didn't involve writing debug code everywhere.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Charles

[Charles Law]

Thanks James. I will give their trial a go.

Charles

"James J. Foster" <ja***@dotnetcoders.com> wrote in message
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One such tool, ANTS by Red-Gate:

http://www.red-gate.com/code_profiling.htm

--
James J. Foster, DotNetCoders
http://www.dotnetcoders.com
"Charles Law" <la****@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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I have seen people ask this before, and I think I have as well. The

question

is: specifically, what third-party tools or built-in .NET features exist

for

profiling .NET applications?

The answers I have seen before seem to refer generally to the existence of such tools, but do not mention names.

The particular scenario is: I have a VB.NET application, which, under
certain circumstances causes the CPU activity to disappear off the scale. What I am trying to find out is where is my code disappearing off to to
cause this to happen, and why.

Do people have any preferred tools / techniques for analysing this kind of problem? I'd rather it didn't involve writing debug code everywhere.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Charles

[José Joye]

Compuware has a free limited edition. It is worth to try if it fits your
needs:

http://www.compuware.com/products/de...er/default.asp

José
"Charles Law" <la****@btinternet.com> a écrit dans le message de
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I have seen people ask this before, and I think I have as well. The question is: specifically, what third-party tools or built-in .NET features exist for profiling .NET applications?

The answers I have seen before seem to refer generally to the existence of
such tools, but do not mention names.

The particular scenario is: I have a VB.NET application, which, under
certain circumstances causes the CPU activity to disappear off the scale.
What I am trying to find out is where is my code disappearing off to to
cause this to happen, and why.

Do people have any preferred tools / techniques for analysing this kind of
problem? I'd rather it didn't involve writing debug code everywhere.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Charles

[Robert Jacobson]

Have you tried the Microsoft CLR Profiler (free)? There's a nifty "MSDN TV"
show on how to use it. <g>

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...anagedapps.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/epi...N/manifest.xml

--Robert Jacobson
"Charles Law" <la****@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:eU**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I have seen people ask this before, and I think I have as well. The question is: specifically, what third-party tools or built-in .NET features exist for profiling .NET applications?

The answers I have seen before seem to refer generally to the existence of
such tools, but do not mention names.

The particular scenario is: I have a VB.NET application, which, under
certain circumstances causes the CPU activity to disappear off the scale.
What I am trying to find out is where is my code disappearing off to to
cause this to happen, and why.

Do people have any preferred tools / techniques for analysing this kind of
problem? I'd rather it didn't involve writing debug code everywhere.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Charles

[Charles Law]

Thank you also.

Charles
"Etienne Charland" <my*****@golden.net> wrote in message
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AQtime is a good one.

"Charles Law" <la****@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:eU**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I have seen people ask this before, and I think I have as well. The

question

is: specifically, what third-party tools or built-in .NET features exist

for

profiling .NET applications?

The answers I have seen before seem to refer generally to the existence of such tools, but do not mention names.

The particular scenario is: I have a VB.NET application, which, under
certain circumstances causes the CPU activity to disappear off the scale. What I am trying to find out is where is my code disappearing off to to
cause this to happen, and why.

Do people have any preferred tools / techniques for analysing this kind of problem? I'd rather it didn't involve writing debug code everywhere.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Charles

[Charles Law]

I haven't, but I shall.

Thanks.

Charles
"Robert Jacobson" <rj**********************@nospam.com> wrote in message
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Have you tried the Microsoft CLR Profiler (free)? There's a nifty "MSDN TV" show on how to use it. <g>

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...anagedapps.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/epi...N/manifest.xml
--Robert Jacobson
"Charles Law" <la****@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:eU**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I have seen people ask this before, and I think I have as well. The

question

is: specifically, what third-party tools or built-in .NET features exist

for

profiling .NET applications?

The answers I have seen before seem to refer generally to the existence of such tools, but do not mention names.

The particular scenario is: I have a VB.NET application, which, under
certain circumstances causes the CPU activity to disappear off the scale. What I am trying to find out is where is my code disappearing off to to
cause this to happen, and why.

Do people have any preferred tools / techniques for analysing this kind of problem? I'd rather it didn't involve writing debug code everywhere.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Charles