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Changes to the first run wizard
When you run one of our tools for the first time it displays the first run wizard. The first run wizard takes you through the […]
New tools and old tools
Last week we released a versions of our tools that no longer install DLLs in the Windows system32 directory. We documented these changes in an […]
Changing how we install our software
With the next release of our software (later today) we are changing how we install our software. The installers stay the same, the software (as […]
Changes to the NT Service API
All of our Validator tools have an NT Service API. We’ve just made some changes to the NT Service API. This article documents those changes […]
Getting code coverage for a child process?
In this blog post, I’m going to explain how to collect code coverage for a process that is launched by another process. We’ll be using […]
Updated error codes for all Validator tools
We’ve just updated our documentation for all our Validator tools to include an up-to-date list of Exit return codes. You may find these useful if […]
How to output to stdout from an MFC program
If you’ve ever developed an MFC program with a graphical user interface and then later thought that it would be really nice to also provide […]
More Effective Line Timing with C++ Performance Validator
C++ Performance Validator has always had the ability to provide timing information for each line executed. However it has always been a bit clumsy to […]
The Software Updates Menu
We introduced the Software Updates menu in 2012. This coincided with the introduction of automatic software updates. Various bug fixes have been applied to the […]
The Startup Wizard
We’ve just added a new Startup Wizard to all our C++ tools. The purpose of the startup wizard is to unify the various different dialogs […]