Debugging
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Loading Validator into a process
Everything written here applies to all Validators: Bug, Coverage, Memory, Performance and Thread. There are many ways to start collecting data with a Validator: Launch, […]
How to submit bug reports
Bugs are an unfortunate part of being a software developer. Sooner or later you’re going to bump into one and need to ask the vendor […]
How we provide customer support
In this article I’m going to explain how we provide customer support. Free Customer support is free. There is no charge for customer support. Customer […]
How to create minidumps using Visual Studio, WinDbg and Exception Tracer
Minidumps can be really useful for creating a self-contained record of a crash for analysis later, either by your own software team, by a consultant, […]
How to collect crash callstacks
When collecting data to submit for a bug report, collecting a callstack and supporting data is a common task. In this article I’m going to […]
How to find exception reports for our Validator tools
In an ideal world software would never crash. In the real world, software crashes. Hopefully infrequently. Our tools write an exception report when they crash. […]
Memory Fragmentation – mvFragmentation
Many software engineers and their managers struggle to understand what memory fragmentation is and the effects memory fragmentation can have on the software they produce. […]
Using and Debugging Environment Variables
Environment variables can be used to configure the various Validator tools that we provide.
Exceptions Codes you’ve never heard of
If you write software for any length of time you’ll have seen your software fail in a variety of ways.
Why does GetProcAddress() sometimes return an address outside of the DLL?
For most uses of GetProcAddress(), the address returned will be an address inside the DLL that you’re using to look up the function. But sometimes, […]