Coverage Validator by Software Verification Copyright Software Verify Limited (c) 2002-2015 Coverage Validator Source code coverage analysis for Win32 applications by Software Verification Welcome to the Coverage Validator software tool. Coverage Validator is a source code coverage analysis software tool. Using Coverage Validator you can identify unvisited functions and unvisited lines in your source code. This information can be used to inform your testing program to ensure that you test all of your software. Coverage Validator provides numerous features to allow you integrate Coverage Validator into your regression tests and unit tests. This allows you to monitor the progress of your software testing during your development programme. We hope you will find this document useful. Coverage Validator Help Copyright © 2002-2015 Software Verification Limited All rights reserved. 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I Coverage Validator Help Table of Contents Foreword 1 Part I Overview 3 1 Notatio.n.. .u..s.e..d.. .i.n.. .t.h..i.s.. .h..e..l.p.. ..................................................................................................... 3 2 Introdu.c.i.n..g.. .C...o..v.e..r..a..g..e.. .V..a..l.i.d..a..t.o..r. ............................................................................................ 5 3 Why Co..v.e..r..a..g..e.. .V..a..l.i.d..a..t.o..r.?.. ..................................................................................................... 6 4 What d.o.. .y.o..u.. .n..e..e..d.. .t.o.. .r..u..n.. .C..o..v..e..r.a..g..e.. .V..a..l.i.d..a..t.o..r.?.. ..................................................................... 8 5 Buying .C...o..v.e..r..a..g..e.. .V..a..l.i.d..a..t.o..r. .a..n..d.. .s..u..p..p..o..r.t. ............................................................................... 9 6 How d.o..e..s.. .C..o..v..e..r.a..g..e.. .V..a..l.i.d..a..t.o..r. .w...o..r.k..?.. .................................................................................. 10 7 Suppo.r..t.e..d.. .C..o..m...p..i.l.e..r.s.. .......................................................................................................... 11 8 User P.e..r..m...i.s.s..i.o..n..s. ................................................................................................................. 13 Part II Getting Started 19 1 Enabli.n..g.. .D..e..b..u..g..g..i.n..g.. ............................................................................................................ 19 Microsoft Com...p...i.l.e..r..s.. ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Borland Comp..i.l.e..r..s.. .(..C..+..+.. .a..n...d.. .D..e...l.p..h..i.).. ................................................................................................................. 20 MinGW - gcc/g..+..+.. .................................................................................................................................................... 20 QtCreator .......................................................................................................................................................... 20 Other Compile...r.s... ................................................................................................................................................... 21 2 Quick .S..t.a..r..t. .......................................................................................................................... 21 Part III The User Interface 26 1 Menu .R..e..f.e..r.e..n..c..e.. .................................................................................................................. 26 File menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Edit menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 28 Configure me.n...u.. .................................................................................................................................................... 28 Managers me.n...u.. .................................................................................................................................................... 29 Query menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Tools menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Data View s m.e..n...u.. .................................................................................................................................................. 30 Softw are Upd.a..t.e..s... .m...e...n..u.. ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Help menu .......................................................................................................................................................... 32 2 Toolba..r. .R...e..f.e..r.e..n..c..e.. .............................................................................................................. 32 3 The st.a..t.u..s. .b..a..r. ...................................................................................................................... 33 4 Keybo.a..r.d.. .S...h..o..r.t.c..u..t.s. ............................................................................................................. 35 5 Icons ................................................................................................................................... 36 6 The m.a..i.n.. .d..i.s..p..l.a..y. ................................................................................................................. 36 Summary .......................................................................................................................................................... 37 Coverage .......................................................................................................................................................... 39 Branch Cover.a..g..e.. ................................................................................................................................................... 47 Functions .......................................................................................................................................................... 56 Directories .......................................................................................................................................................... 65 DLLs .......................................................................................................................................................... 73 Copyright © 2002-2015 Software Verification Limited Contents II Unit Tests .......................................................................................................................................................... 80 Files and lines.. ........................................................................................................................................................ 85 Diagnostic .......................................................................................................................................................... 93 7 User In..t.e..r.f.a..c..e.. .M...o..d..e.. ............................................................................................................ 95 8 Setting..s.. ............................................................................................................................... 96 Data Collectio.n.. .S..e...t.t.i.n...g..s.. ....................................................................................................................................... 96 Data Displa..y....................................................................................................................................................... 99 Colours ......................................................................................................................................... 99 Data Display ......................................................................................................................................... 101 Code View ing 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