The .NET Memory Profiler Window
The .NET Memory Profiler window contains a menu, a toolbar, a status bar, several tab pages, two dropdown lists for selecting snapshots, and optionally a selector for runtimes and AppDomains.
The menu and the toolbar provide access to all the available commands. The tab pages are used to present different views of the contents of the GC heap, both snapshot information and real-time information. Additionally, information about call stacks and native memory is presented. The available tab pages are:
•
Start
The
Start page provides quick access to common tasks, such as starting a profiling
session, starting guided profiling, and opening a previous session file. It will
be hidden as soon as an active session is started or a session is loaded. Use
the New session command to get back to the Start
page.
• Overview (For more information, see Overview Page.)
• Type/Resource/Filter details (For more information, see Type/Filter/Resource Details Page.)
• Instance details (For more information, see Instance Details Page.)
• Call stacks/methods (For more information, see Call Stacks/Methods Page.)
• Native memory (For more information, see Native Memory Page.)
• Real-time (For more information, see Real-Time Page.)
Additionally, and Tasks tool window is available when there is an active profiling session. The Tasks window provides access to the profiling guides and common profiling commands. For more information, see Guided Profiling and the Tasks Window.
Runtimes and AppDomains Selector