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Thread Lock Checker Help

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How to use Thread Lock Checker

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To use Thread Lock Checker follow these basic steps:

 

 

1.If you want to change the type of lock usage to scan for, or to change the type of lock classes to scan for, Edit > Settings... to open the settings dialog.

 

 

2.File > Scan directory... to display the directory chooser.
 
directoryScan
 
You can type the directory path or use the Microsoft directory chooser by clicking Browse....
 
When you are happy with your choice of directory click Start Scan to start the process of finding locking errors.

 

 

3.If at any time you want to stop the scan File > Stop scan.

 

 

4.Any lock errors are shown in the grid.
 
errorReportGrid

 

 

5.Select an error shown in the grid to view the source code in the source code window.
 
sourceCodeViewer
 
Double click on the error to edit the source code in Visual Studio.

 

 

6.If you want to clear the results, File > Clear.

 

 

7.If you want to filter a location by directory, right click on the entry in the list and choose Filter Directory.

 

 

8.If you want to filter a location by filename, right click on the entry in the list and choose Filter Filename.

 

 

9.If you want to mark a lock to be ignored for lock checking, right click on the entry in the list and choose Add Line Pragma to Source Code.

 

 

10.If you want to go to the source directory, right click on the entry in the list and choose Open Folder...