Profiling .NET applications

[alexboly]

Does anybody know how to profile a .NET application? I went through MSDN and it is not very clear, unfortunately.
I would like to see the times of execution for some functions.

 

[chiph]

The Enterprise version of Visual Studio comes with a profiling tool.

Otherwise, you could use the Debug class:

Debug.Listeners.Add(new TextWriteTraceListener("Debug.txt"));


Debug.WriteLine("Start of function " + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.fffff");
//Your code goes here
Debug.WriteLine("End of function " + DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.fffff");


Debug.Flush();
Debug.Close();

Chip H.

 

[alexboly]

Well, I have Visual Studio.NET Enterprise Architect and I couldn't find any profiling tool. Can you tell me how it's called, and how do you use it?
I was aware about the debug and trace facilities. I was interested in something more automated, like it was in Visual Studio 6.0 Professional and Enterprise.
I don't need it for now, but I sure would like to know about it!
Thanks.

 

[chiph]

Search the help for Visual Studio Analyzer.

It's a profiling tool for distributed applications. For local apps, you can use the Microsoft Source Profiler (don't know where/how to get it, sorry). But VSA is bundled in with VS.NET, but it may not be installed by default.

Chip H.