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Memory Fragmentation, your worst nightmare
We first know when someone has a memory fragmentation problem when we receive an email that goes something like this:
Unusual Memory Bit Patterns
Software development is an intellectual challenge. Sometimes the process is interrupted by software failures and/or crashes.
Why does GetProcAddress() sometimes return an address outside of the DLL?
For most uses of GetProcAddress(), the address returned will be an address inside the DLL that you’re using to look up the function. But sometimes, […]
What’s new with Thread Validator
There are some changes coming to Thread Validator. I’m going to describe the various changes and the reasons behind them. Name Change The first one […]
What’s new with Performance Validator
There are many changes coming to Performance Validator. I’m going to describe the various changes and the reasons behind them. Name Change The first one […]
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 […]
What’s new with Coverage Validator
There are many changes coming to Coverage Validator. I’m going to describe the various changes and the reasons behind them. Name Change The first one […]
New UX Theme
We’ve been working on a new, calmer UX Theme for a while. The aim is to reduce the number of lines, have less visual clutter, […]
Changes to how we display data
We’ve changed the display of data on all of our tree controls that are used to display callstacks and call trees. The old method of […]
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 […]