.Net Memory Validator - Feature List

.Net Memory Validator has many useful features not found in other memory analysis tools.

Data Views

Allocations view. Display allocation statistics by allocation location
Objects view. Display allocation statistics by object type
Generations view. Display object statistics on a generation by generation basis
Hotspots view. Display the memory allocation hotspots in your application
References view. Display the object reference graph for the application
Memory view. Display the currently allocated memory with callstacks
Analysis view. Various query facilities for finding objects
Virtual view. Virtual memory view of your application
Diagnostic messages. For detecting unforseen errors in the instrumentation. If things are not behaving as you expect, the answer may be here

Data searches

Automatic Regression Tests

Support for executing from the command line, allowing automated memory usage tests for all your regression tests. The command line also provides control over the HTML and XML export functions
Support for session comparison, so that multiple sessions can be compared to find the differences between runs. This is vital for regression test support
Interactive session comparison. You can compare sessions using the user interface and view the results immediately

Data export

Instrumentation

No need to rebuild

No need to rebuild or relink your application.
Works with all versions of .Net Common Language Runtime (CLR): 1.0, 1.1, 2.0.
Works with all versions of .Net Framework: 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0.
Works with 32 bit and 64 bit .Net technologies.
Works with .Net, C#, VB.Net applications, .Net, C#, VB.Net services, ASP.Net and WPF applications.
Configurable choice of ASP.Net versions.

API

Miscellaneous

Very configurable, almost all options are configurable by the user. Includes an option to reset to the default settings

Operating Systems