Q2 2012 (version 2012.2.607)

JustTrace Q2 2012 (v2012.2.607)

Major highlights:

• New: Context help in all relevant views. Be sure to vote whether the help really helps you!
• New filtering and navigation features (details below)
• New views for Memory Snapshots (details below)
• New: Profile running processes with Memory profiler
• Support for Visual Studio 2012 RC

New:

• New filtering:
  • Configurable filtering of non-user code in all performance views
  • Filtering and aggregation of functions with minuscule execution times
  • Added Type List filtering by GC generation
  • Hide Windows and Microsoft services when profiling Windows Services
• New views for Performance Snapshots:
  • "Merged call trees" views which merge all call sites of a function into a single tree
  • "Caller Tree" views which show all call paths that a function has been called from
• New views for Memory Snapshots:
  • "Overview" shows general statistics about the snapshot
  • "Instances" view shows all object instances of an examined type
  • "Paths To GC Roots" shows the paths in the object reference graph which reach from a GC root to the examined object
• New: Integration with JustDecompile when .PDB files are not available
• New: Pressing Winkey+Shift+S takes a snapshot of the currently active application
• Improvement: Streamlined UI to show more relevant data
• "Total Time" column in performance snapshot views now has a progress-like status to show important code at a glance
• New: Provided average own and total time values in Tracing profiler
• New: Added "Total Retained Size" column to Memory profiler type snapshot views
• New: Added keyboard accelerators in context menus
• New navigation:
  • Added search in "Type List" and "Call Tree" comparison views
  • Added search to "Incoming Type Refs", "Call Trees" and "Hot Spots" views
  • Added navigation to object level in "Incoming Type Refs" view
  • Find types which contain the specified search string when a suggested item is not selected
• New: Added ObjectID in "Largest Memory Retainers" view
• New: Show thread names in Call Trees
• New: Categorize threads by type of executed code
• New: Allowed multiple selection in snapshot view "Assembly List" for all profilers
• New: Improved design and functionality of the "Recent Snapshots" view on Start Page
• New: Added "Quick tasks" pane in the snapshots view
• New: Expand the most expensive path (added the option) in performance comparison snapshots
• New: UI for navigation in the "Call Tree" view of a comparison snapshot in Performance profilers
• New: Accumulate subtree memory allocation data in the "Call Tree" view in Memory profiler
• New: Open a sub-tree in a new tab from the context menu
• Updated documentation
• New: JustTrace is updated to use .NET 4.0 framework, and the JT Add-in doesn't support Visual Studio 2008 anymore

Fixes:

• Fixed: Empty service names in profiled applications history list
• Fixed: When comparing two snapshots the comparison tab in Memory profiler is not selected by default
• Fixed: JustTrace does not consider profiling child processes in attach mode for sampling profiler
• Fixed: HitCount and OwnTime values in the "Method List" snapshot view stop being updated after the first snapshot is taken
• Fixed: Types with instances only in the target snapshot are missing from the comparison view
• Fixed: Cannot profile IIS apps in VS11
• Fixed: Password is not saved in the Auto Update dialog
• Fixed: "Start JustTrace" option in the installer doesn't work under UAC
• Fixed: Visual Studio Add-in is reenabled on VS restart
• Fixed: The "HitCount" column in the "Method List" snapshot view for the Sampling and Tracing profilers is not correct
• Fixed: In rare circumstances the Tracing profiler shows negative time values in the "Method List" and "Call Tree" snapshot views
• Small speed-ups in Memory profiler
• Fixed: Wrong sort for functions in classes outside a namespace
• Fixed: Memory leaks in JustTrace (yes, we are using JustTrace to fix its own bugs)
• Updated to the latest and greatest Telerik controls
• Fixed: show incorrect explicit interfaces in memory view
• Fixed: race condition when opening snapshots
• Fixed: navigate to Call Tree does not work in Hot Spots view
• Fixed: deadlock when saving snapshots
• Fixed: gracefully handle unusual security set on registry keys when profiling IIS and Windows Services projects
• Fixed: Save authentication credentials for the Telerik account when downloading new version of JustTrace
• Fixed: Profile History cannot get names of Windows Service applications