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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, […]
Delayed memory deallocation can look like memory leaks
We recently had a bug in one of our tools that passed all memory leak tests (it didn’t leak memory) but in real-life use with […]
How do I monitor a process launched from batch files or Powershell scripts?
Batch files are often used to setup an environment prior to starting an executable. You can also do this with Powershell scripts. If you use […]
The nineteen types of memory leak
Memory leaks affect all computer programs, be they desktop applications, service applications or web services. For many trivial applications or applications with a very short […]
What’s new with Memory Validator
There are many changes coming to Memory Validator. I’m going to describe the various changes and the reasons behind them. Name Change The first one […]
Memory leak in CPngImage
A memory leak in a surprising place We’ve recently been doing some work switching our resources in our programs from BMP (using CBitmap) to PNG […]
Detecting memory leaks in ISAPI extensions
Three weeks ago I wrote about how to setup IIS for use with ISAPI extensions. Today I’m going to use Memory Validator to show you […]
Monitoring a service with the NT Service API
Debugging services is a pain. There is a lot that can go wrong and very little you can do to find out what went wrong. […]
How to detect GDI handle leaks
Working with GDI in Windows, whether you’re using Win32 calls or MFC, you’re concerned with pens, brushes, fonts, bitmaps and regions for drawing. You may […]
Detecting memory leaks in Visual Test unit tests
Introduction We recently had a request asking if Memory Validator could detect memory leaks in unit tests managed by Microsoft’s Visual Test and Visual Test […]