.Net Memory Validator Change History

Version 1.50
Version 1.50 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for software updater throwing MFC exception on some systems.

Version 1.49
Version 1.49 includes the following functionality:

• XML output reformatted to improve readability and rendering.
• Updated self-installer to handle additional security checks for some computer systems.

Version 1.48
Version 1.48 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for code instrumentation.
• Addition of software update code.

Version 1.47
Version 1.47 includes the following functionality:

• Addition of command line support for ASP.Net and .Net services. See help for details.
• Bug fix for local filters.
• New tutorial tab and additional option on Help menu.

Version 1.46
Version 1.46 includes the following functionality:

• Tutorials moved to the website. Tutorial link always available from help menu and at startup.

Version 1.45
Version 1.45 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for ASP.Net and .Net Services support.

Version 1.44
Version 1.44 includes the following functionality:

• Maintenance release.

Version 1.43
Version 1.43 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for crash in data investigation dialog.
• Bug fix for buffer overrun on session export dialog.

Version 1.42
Version 1.42 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for buffer overrun memory corruption when processing very long symbol names.

Version 1.41
Version 1.41 includes the following functionality:

• New menu implementation, addition of bitmaps.

Version 1.40
Version 1.40 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for COMCTL32.DLL bitmap handling.

Version 1.39
Version 1.39 includes the following functionality:

• Minor bug fixes, changes to launch wizard.

Version 1.38
Version 1.38 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for saving sessions.

Version 1.37
Version 1.37 includes the following functionality:

• Uninitialised data bug fix.

Version 1.36
Version 1.36 includes the following functionality:

• When run from the command line using command line options the return code is now the return code of the most recently run app.
• Bug fix for race condition when starting second or subsequent session, could cause possible crash.
• Fix minor bug fixes.

Version 1.35
Version 1.35 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for PDB file search causing slow startup for desktop applications.
• New communications architecture.

Version 1.34
Version 1.34 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for file timestamp and file attributes file-redirection bug on 64 bit Windows. Important if you are working with 64 bit .Net

Version 1.33
Version 1.33 includes the following functionality:

• Support for .Net framework 4, CLR 4.
• Bug fix for IIS and x64.
• Improved detection of IIS, ISS subcomponents and ASP.Net.

Version 1.32
Version 1.32 includes the following functionality:

• Addition of virtual memory data tab.
• Rationalising code base. Maintenance release.

Version 1.31
Version 1.31 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for .Net instrumentation code.

Version 1.30
Version 1.30 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for .Net Memory Validator API.

Version 1.29
Version 1.29 includes the following functionality:

• Maintenance release.

Version 1.28
Version 1.28 includes the following functionality:

• Maintenance release.

Version 1.27
Version 1.27 includes the following functionality:

• Support for editing with VS 2010.
• Bug fix for editing with VS 2008

Version 1.26
Version 1.26 includes the following functionality:

• Addition of DLL filtering.

Version 1.25
Version 1.25 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for environment variable handling.
• Bug fix for license installer software.

Version 1.24
Version 1.24 includes the following functionality:

• Minor UI changes to add user hints.
• All executables are now code signed to prevent warnings on Vista/Windows 7.

Version 1.23
Version 1.23 includes the following functionality:

• Support for launching batch files as well as executable. First application launched by batch file will be monitored.

Version 1.22
Version 1.22 includes the following functionality:

• Updated source code editor.
• Bug fix for Hotspots view <UNKNOWN> symbols.
• Bug fix for services on Windows XP (32 bit)

Version 1.21
Version 1.21 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for incorrect line numbers for some allocations.
• Installer bug fix.

Version 1.20
Version 1.20 includes the following functionality:

• Performance improvement for handling surviving objects during garbage collections.

Version 1.19
Version 1.19 includes the following functionality:

• Misc bug fixes.

Version 1.18
Version 1.18 includes the following functionality:

• Hooked DLLs, sorted DLLs in list.

Version 1.17
Version 1.17 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fixes for ASP.Net on Windows Server 2003.
• ASP.Net start dialog improvements.
• ASP.Net IIS Reset timing improvements.
• Columns re-ordered on Hotspots tab to provide better information visualisation.

Version 1.16
Version 1.16 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for ignored data in 32bit/64 bit assembly unload code in GUI (benign bug).
• Minor bug fixes.

Version 1.15
Version 1.15 includes the following functionality:

• Minor bug fixes and improvements to diagnostic data.

Version 1.14
Version 1.14 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for Semaphore close bug - preventing comms between test application and .Net Memory Validator GUI on some computers.

Version 1.13
Version 1.13 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for serialization.
• Bug fix for filenames that include "Program Files (x86)"
• Bug fix for example files for VS2005 and VS2008.

Version 1.12
Version 1.12 includes the following functionality:

• Support for C# Generics naming.
• Bug fix for 64 bit .Net Handles.
• Bug fix for 64 bit .Net COM VTables.

Version 1.11
Version 1.11 includes the following functionality:

• Addition of support for 64 bit assemblies. .Net Coverage Validator now supports 32 bit and 64 bit .Net applications and supports .Net 1.0/1.1/2.0 applications/services/ASP.Net.

Version 1.10
Version 1.10 includes the following functionality:

• Major redesign of functionality for hotspots tab, new ways of displaying data, etc.
• Support for sorting the results on the Memory tab.

Version 1.09
Version 1.09 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for launching on Windows Vista and Windows 2008.

Version 1.08
Version 1.08 includes the following functionality:

• Maintenance update.

Version 1.07
Version 1.07 includes the following functionality:

• Rationalised hooking code.
• Bug fix for data corruption in tree/grid control class hierarchy.

Version 1.06
Version 1.06 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for data corruption when updating watermarks.

Version 1.05
Version 1.05 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for Paths to Root for Objects tab.
• Bug fix for Paths from Root for Objects tab.

Version 1.04
Version 1.04 includes the following functionality:

• Robustness maintenance.

Version 1.03
Version 1.03 includes the following functionality:

• Minor bug fixes.
• Addition of 32 bit executable test.
• Bug fix for watermarks.

Version 1.02
Version 1.02 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for Session Manager dialog.

Version 1.01
Version 1.01 includes the following functionality:

• Fixed Statistics (% Size) error on Allocation tab.

Version 1.00
Version 1.00 includes the following functionality:

• First release.

Version 0.43
Version 0.43 includes the following functionality:

• Percentage bars added to Allocations View and Objects View.

Version 0.42
Version 0.42 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for background colour on some resizing graphical dialog boxes.
• Bug fix for source code display possible crash when in a splitter window.

Version 0.41
Version 0.41 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for crash with settings dialog File Locations.
• Replacement of all 3rd party tab controls with a custom tab control.
• Bug fix for source code control and misc controls flickering when resizing in a splitter window.

Version 0.40
Version 0.40 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for settings dialog to allow correction selection of specified tab.
• Update to licensing dialog to prevent confusion with example application.
• Minor bug fixes.

Version 0.39
Version 0.39 includes the following functionality:

• Replacement of all 3rd party grid/tree controls with the same virtual grid/tree control used for the main displays. This change has been made for consistency of user interface and also to facilitate future ports of the software to alternate operating systems and widget toolkits.
• Bug fix for flickering main display when resizing.
• Column sort highlighting - arrow on column header and colour column colour hinting for the entire column.
• New layout for setting dialog, to make settings dialogs as similar as possible across the entire Software Verification product range.
• New default colours - click Reset on settings dialog to get them (other settings will change as well!)

Version 0.38
Version 0.38 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for rare race condition crash in Windows message processing on Generations tab.
• Bug fix for some code that could cause Data Execution Prevention violations if you had this Operating System option enabled.

Version 0.37
Version 0.37 includes the following functionality:

• Nodes in references tree ordered by type, filename, number of references.
• Improved source code pane updating.
• Bug fix for grid/tree control positioning of scroll bar for large datasets.
• Bug fix for Object Query dialog combo box sizing.
• Updated help.
• Updated uninstall procedure.

Version 0.36
Version 0.36 includes the following functionality:

• Addition of Ages tab allowing the viewing of how many objects of a given age exist.
• Ability to detect how recently an object has been used, allowing the easy detection of "stale" objects.
• "Stale" object viewer, allowing the automatic indication of objects that have not been accessed for a long time.
• Addition of new filtering options to allow .Net Framework code and/or types to be filtered.
• Bug fix for filters.
• Bug fix for crash with .Net 1.0/1.1 when walking callstacks in Native apps that call .Net DLLs.
• New API functions:
  • void setStaleStartupThreshold();
  • void setStaleIgnoreThreshold(uint threshold);
  • void enableObjectActivityDataCollection(bool enable);
  • void setStaleInactivityStart();
  • void setStaleInactivityEnd();
  • void setStaleInactivityIgnore(uint ignore);

Version 0.35
Version 0.35 includes the following functionality:

• Additional appdomain, module and assembly information on diagnostics tab.
• Additional statistics on the Generations tab. New statistics for min objects, max objects, allocated objects, collected objects, objects delta.
• Support for tracking handle usage in .Net applications.
• Support for tracking Classic COM VTable usage in .Net applications.
• Finalization information available on Generations tab.
• Support for explicitly requesting a heap dump
• Bug fix for crash caused by race condition.

Version 0.34
Version 0.34 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for memory corruption crash when running applications that generate many garbage collections and heap dumps.

Version 0.33
Version 0.33 includes the following functionality:

• Performance improvement for reading files.
• Stopped mysterious beep when close .Net Memory Validator with a coverage session still being recorded for ASP.Net.

Version 0.32
Version 0.32 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for generation range combo box on Find Memory dialog of Analysis tab.

Version 0.31
Version 0.31 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for memory sampling crash for virtual tab (crash is rare).

Version 0.30
Version 0.30 includes the following functionality:

• Heap Dump data display improvement - heap data kept after GC to provide better info for old heap dumps kept for reference.

Version 0.29
Version 0.29 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for stack corruption on Memory Analysis tab if search for type with very long name.

Version 0.28
Version 0.28 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for heap dump.
• Bug fix for Path to Root/Path from Root dialog.
• Serialization bug fix.

Version 0.27
Version 0.27 includes the following functionality:

• Addition of Auto Expand on Snapshots callstacks view.
• Bug fix for crash on Snapshots if choose Show Allocation Locations on source code.

Version 0.26
Version 0.26 includes the following functionality:

• Support for ASP.Net applications.
• Improved support for Services.
• Bug fix for crash when double click on Reset button on settings dialog.
• Misc maintenance improvements.

Version 0.25
Version 0.25 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for race condition (causes crash) for inter process comms one multi core/cpu machines. Bug is not visible on HyperThreaded machines or single cores CPUs. Bug has been seen on dual core CPUs, but is more obvious on dual core quad CPU machines.
• Performance improvement for processing data - now much faster.

Version 0.24
Version 0.24 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for crash if too many generations recorded (more than 38,500).
• Performance improvement code by limiting number of generations recorded to user specified value.
• Generation data collection user interface added to settings dialog.

Version 0.23
Version 0.23 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for crash on relations tab.

Version 0.22
Version 0.22 includes the following functionality:

• Minor bug fixes and documentation corrections.
• Bug fix for displaying source inline.

Version 0.21
Version 0.21 includes the following functionality:

• Performance improvement for clearing displays when closing a session.
• Performance improvement for Memory tab when data displayed on the tab.
• Bug fix for lock handling.

Version 0.20
Version 0.20 includes the following functionality:

• Addition of support for working with .Net services. See Monitor a Service on the File menu.

Version 0.19
Version 0.19 includes the following functionality:

• User interface improvement for launch dialog and launch wizard.
• Corrections and improvements to help file.

Version 0.18
Version 0.18 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for snapshots for objects that have moved because of garbage collection.
• Addition of .Net API for controlling snapshots, watermarks etc from C#, etc. See Help for details.
  • startDataCollection
  • stopDataCollection
  • makeSnapshot
  • makeSnapshotComparison
  • setWatermark
• Bug fix for race condition leading to possible memory corruption.

Version 0.17
Version 0.17 includes the following functionality:

• Addition of Memory Snapshot user interface.

Version 0.16
Version 0.16 includes the following functionality:

• Minor user interface bug fixes and usability improvements.
• Bug fix for acquisition of symbols for managed C++ applications.

Version 0.15
Version 0.15 includes the following functionality:

• Bug fix for crash on Virtual tab caused by stack space exhaustion due to incorrect calling convention.
• Addition of Virtual Memory Data stub-tab on Virtual tab.

Version 0.14
Version 0.14 includes the following functionality:

• Source code colouring - more languages supported.
• File dialog file extension handling improvements.
• Launch dialog/wizard - addition of Delete button.

Version 0.13
Version 0.13 includes the following functionality:

• OLE Apartment threaded bug fix.

Version 0.12
Version 0.12 includes the following new functionality:

• Bug fix for Group by callstack when multiple types allocated from same callstack.
• Bug fix for reference view tab selected lines when changing heap dumps.

Version 0.11
Version 0.11 includes the following new functionality:

• Bug fix for F4 and F5 hotkeys.
• Bug fix for analysis tab check box save state after restart.
• Bug fix for analysis tab Group by Callstack.

Version 0.10
Version 0.10 includes the following new functionality:

• Bug fix for closing session routine.
• Bug fix for heap dump for .Net 2.0.

Version 0.09
Version 0.09 includes the following new functionality:

• Bug fix for line numbers for .Net 2.0.

Version 0.08
Version 0.08 includes the following new functionality:

• Bug fix for serialization of Watermarks.

Version 0.07
Version 0.07 includes the following new functionality:

• Addition of support for services.

Version 0.06
Version 0.06 includes the following new functionality:

• Bug fix for fatal crash on Objects tab.

Version 0.05
Version 0.05 includes the following new functionality:

• Bug fix deallocation of .Net objects.
• Bug fix thread local memory leak.
• Bug fix for hotspots tab.
• Bug fix for references tab.
• Tutorial updated to .Net

Version 0.04
Version 0.04 includes the following new functionality:

• Bug fix missing line numbers for some .Net 2.0 mixed mode applications.
• Bug fix crash on References tab if data is displayed whilst a GC happens.

Version 0.03
Version 0.03 includes the following new functionality:

• Support for .Net 2.0
• IMproved HTML Help handling.
• "Help PDF" added to Help menu if PDF help file is present in installation directory.
• Bug fix for installer.
• Behaviour change for Global Hook DLL handler.

Version 0.02
Version 0.02 includes the following new functionality:

• Bug fix data parsing.

Version 0.01

Initial beta version made available to selected beta testers. We would like your feedback on any bugs you may find, on the features and benefits of the software, and also feedback on features that you think are missing from the software but which you would find useful.

Please provide us with feedback.

Regards.

Software Verification .Net Memory Validator Team.