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Memory Validator Help

 

Loading sessions

 

Load a session using any of the following options.

 

menu File menu instructionStep Open Session... instructionStep open a previously saved session from file ( *.mvm )

 

or click on the Open Session icon on the standard toolbar.

 

 toolbar-open-session

 

or use the shortcut:

 

b_ctrl + b_o  Open session

 

 

If you have a limit of 1 session to be open at a time, any open session will be closed first, otherwise you can open multiple sessions at a time.

 

 
Saving sessions

 

Save a session using any of the following options.

 

menu File menu instructionStep Save Session... instructionStep saves all the session data to a file ( *.mvm ), prompting for a file name if necessary

 

menu File menu instructionStep Save As... instructionStep saves the session to a new file

 

or click on the Save Session icon on the standard toolbar.

 

 toolbar-save-session

 

or use the shortcut:

 

b_ctrl + b_s  Save session

 

The Save Session dialog appears so you can choose the content and format of what gets saved.

 

 

The Save Session dialog

 

The session export dialog is very similar to the Export dialog, except here the format is set to .mvm.

 

 save-session-dialog

 

Choose the scope and type of data you want to record in the saved session, and set the file name before saving.

 

Typically you'll accept the default settings of saving everything.

 

 

Scope section

 

Allocated Memory instructionStep all memory and resource allocations not deallocated and information about damaged memory

 

Reallocated Memory instructionStep all allocations that have been reallocated

 

Free Memory instructionStep all allocations that have been deallocated

 

 

Type section

 

Memory instructionStep memory allocations, reallocations and deallocations

 

Handle instructionStep resource allocations and deallocations

 

Errors instructionStep error conditions such as damaged memory, incorrect deallocation, uninitialized memory

 

Trace instructionStep TRACE() and OutputDebugString() messages

 

Unlike exports where stack traces are optional, here they are saved unfiltered for all selected data types.

 

 

File section

 

The file format for a saved session is set as a .mvm file

 

File instructionStep type the filename or Browse to a location

 

OK instructionStep saves the session

 

Check the overwrite existing file option if necessary.