File Locations

 

When using the command line it's convenient to store settings and options in files that can be easily referenced.

 

Those files include:

 

•Global settings files
 

•File locations for source, PDB or MAP files
 

•DLL hook files

 

Each of these file types can be saved or exported from Performance Validator.

 

 

The -settings option is used to specify the settings to be used for the test. If the filename contains spaces, the filename should be quoted. This option is the same as -loadSettings and is provided for backwards compatibility.

 

 

Loading global settings from a file

 

Global settings are usually stored in the registry, but you can save a specific set of settings for use in performance tests:

 

•Settings menu Save settings...

 

-loadSettings
-settings

 

Points to a previously saved settings file to be used for the test.

 

Examples:

 

-loadSettings c:\settings\testMacro1.pvs

-loadSettings "c:\performance test settings\testMacro1.pvs"

 

The -settings option is identical to -loadSettings and is provided only for backwards compatibility

 

 

File locations for source, PDB or MAP files

 

File location files can be easily generated by exporting file locations from the File Locations page of the settings dialog.

 

-fileLocations

 

Specify a plain text file listing file locations to be used during testing. See the format of the file below.

 

Each set of file types (one per line) is preceded by a header line in the file.

 

•[Files] Source files

•[Third] Third party source files

•[PDB] PDB files

•[MAP] MAP files

 

Example:

 

-fileLocations c:\performanceTests\testFileLocations1.pvxfl

 

Example file:

 

[Files]

c:\work\project1\

[Third]

d:\VisualStudio\VC98\Include

[PDB]

c:\work\project3\debug

c:\work\project3\release

[MAP]

c:\work\project3\debug

c:\work\project3\release

 

 

Files listing classes and functions to hook

 

Set class and function names that are to be hooked or not hooked using -classAndFunctionFile in the Filter and Hook options.

 

 

Files listing DLLs to hook

 

DLL hook files can be easily generated by exporting DLL hooks from the Hooked DLLs page in the Filters section of the settings dialog.

 

-dllHookFile

 

Points to a file listing the DLLs to be hooked for the test.

 

Examples:

 

-dllHookFile c:\settings\testMacroDLLs.pvx

-dllHookFile "c:\performance tests settings\testMacroDLLs.pvx"

 

The first line of text in the DLL hooks file is one of the following:

 

•Rule:DoNotHook         DLLs marked as enabled will not be hooked. All other DLLs will be hooked

•Rule:DoHook                 DLLs marked as enabled will be hooked. All other DLLs will not be hooked

•Rule:HookAll         All DLLs will be hooked regardless of the settings in the list

 

Capitalization is important.

 

The remaining lines list one DLL filename or folder path and an enabled state on each line.

 

Example:

 

Rule:DoNotHook

nativeExample.exe enable=FALSE

MFC42D.DLL enable=TRUE

MSVCRTD.dll enable=TRUE

KERNEL32.dll enable=TRUE

ole32.dll enable=TRUE

 

Example:

 

Rule:DoHook

E:\OM\C\performanceValidator\examples\nativeExample\DebugNonLink enable=TRUE

 

Example:

 

Rule:DoHook

"E:\OM\C\performanceValidator\examples\nativeExample with spaces\DebugNonLink" enable=TRUE

 

Example:

 

Rule:DoHook
%ENV_VAR%\DebugNonLink enable=TRUE

 
Here, the environment variable ENV_VAR is used to replace the text %ENV_VAR% in the path definition.

 

The file can be ANSI or UNICODE text and paths with spaces do not need quotes.