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Table of Contents 3 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................8 AQtime Overview....................................................................................................................................8 System Requirements.............................................................................................................................10 Supported Development Tools...............................................................................................................11 Supported Processor Models..................................................................................................................12 What's New in AQtime 4 .......................................................................................................................13 Features added to AQtime 4.8 ...........................................................................................................13 Features added to AQtime 4.7 ...........................................................................................................13 Features added to AQtime 4.6 ...........................................................................................................13 Features added to AQtime 4.5 ...........................................................................................................14 Features added to AQtime 4.4 ...........................................................................................................14 Features added to AQtime 4.3 ...........................................................................................................14 Features added to AQtime 4.2 ...........................................................................................................14 Features added to AQtime 4.11 .........................................................................................................15 Features added to AQtime 4.1 ...........................................................................................................15 Features added to AQtime 4.0 ...........................................................................................................16 What’s New in AQtime 4 for AQtime .NET Users ...............................................................................22 Getting Support......................................................................................................................................24 GETTING STARTED .............................................................................................................................26 User Interface Overview ........................................................................................................................26 AQtime Panels .......................................................................................................................................31 AQtime Profilers....................................................................................................................................35 Preparing an Application for Profiling...................................................................................................38 How AQtime Profilers Use Metadata and Debug Information..........................................................38 Compiler Settings for Microsoft Visual C# 2005...............................................................................39 Compiler Settings for Microsoft Visual C# .NET...............................................................................42 Compiler Settings for Microsoft Visual J# 2005................................................................................43 Compiler Settings for Microsoft Visual J# .NET ...............................................................................46 Compiler Settings for Microsoft Visual Basic 2005...........................................................................47 Compiler Settings for Microsoft Visual Basic .NET ..........................................................................50 Compiler Settings for Microsoft Visual C++ 2005............................................................................52 Compiler Settings for Microsoft Visual C++ .NET ...........................................................................55 Compiler Settings for Borland C#Builder..........................................................................................57 Compiler Settings for Borland Delphi for .NET ................................................................................57 Compiler Settings for Borland Delphi 2005 ......................................................................................58 Compiler Settings for Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0...............................................................................59 Compiler Settings for Microsoft Visual Basic....................................................................................61 Compiler Settings for Borland Delphi ...............................................................................................62 Compiler Settings for Borland C++Builder ......................................................................................64 Compiler Settings for Borland C++ ..................................................................................................67 Compiler Settings for Intel C++........................................................................................................69 Compiler Settings for GNU CC..........................................................................................................69 © 1998-2005 AutomatedQA Corp. [email protected] 4 Table of Contents Compiler Settings for Compaq Visual Fortran..................................................................................69 Setting up the Project .............................................................................................................................72 Opening a Project ..............................................................................................................................72 Controlling What to Profile ...............................................................................................................74 Excluding Code From Profiling.........................................................................................................75 Profiling Levels..................................................................................................................................76 Defining Areas to Profile ...................................................................................................................77 Checking Elements to Profile.............................................................................................................80 Using Triggers ...................................................................................................................................80 Setting Up Triggers............................................................................................................................82 Using Actions .....................................................................................................................................83 Selecting a Profiler ............................................................................................................................84 Profiling and Analyzing Results ............................................................................................................85 Doing One Profiler Run.....................................................................................................................85 Analyzing Profiler Results .................................................................................................................87 AQTIME PANELS ..................................................................................................................................90 Assistant Panel .......................................................................................................................................90 Call Graph Panel ....................................................................................................................................91 Call Graph Panel - Description.........................................................................................................91 Call Graph Panel Options .................................................................................................................93