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        Finding memory leaks in Windows CE and Windows Mobile apps

        Doug | Date: Nov 4, 2005 | Comments: 1



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        This extensive tutorial explains how to use the Windows CE and Windows Mobile 5.0 Application Verifier, and how it works. Memory leaks are the bane of embedded software developers. They're often extremely hard to track down, since the symptom doesn't show up until some time after the offending code executes.




        "Although managed programming would solve many -- but not all -- loss of resource problems, many developers resort to writing native code for size, performance, or real-time reasons," Boling writes.

        Microsoft developed the Application Verifier program to analyze Windows CE and Windows Mobile applications at run time. The tool monitors for leaks of all sorts, including memory leaks, handle leaks, and leaks of GDI objects.

        The tutorial is written by Douglas Boling, principal of Boling Consulting, a provider of Windows CE training and consulting. Boling is also the author of Programming Microsoft Windows CE .NET, Third Edition, published by Microsoft Press.

        Boling's Application Verifier tutorial is illustrated with many useful screen shots and code snippets. Read it here:

        Using the Windows CE and Windows Mobile 5.0 Application Verifier




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