Profiling a COM application?

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I have a big application written in Visual Basic 6 and I need to profile it. Is there something like ANTS Profiler but for COM applications?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '09 at 14:23

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I used to use VBWatch. I had a good experience with it and it helped me nail down and resolve some pesky performance problems

answered Jan 20 '09 at 14:23

JoshBerke

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I used VBWatch and found problem in 15mins, really great advice thanks a lot :) – drizzt Jan 20 '09 at 15:06
Welcome, I was quite pleased by it, and I am so glad I don't have to use it anymore;-) – JoshBerke Jan 20 '09 at 15:36

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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Better late than never? VB6 has a "pause" button, right? Not only is it free, and requires no installation, but in my opinion it is by far the best tool for locating performance problems.

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answered Oct 16 '09 at 13:50

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 20 '09 at 14:15

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Have a look at VTune from Intel it has native profiling as well. If you're having problems using VTune try AQTime profiler from AutomatedQA instead.

answered Jan 20 '09 at 14:15

Dror Helper

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 20 '09 at 22:26

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GlowCode is another good tool. I've used it successfully with VB6. The nice part is that you don't need to instrument or recompile your code. All you need is the symbols (.pdb file) that VB6 can already create for you.

answered Jan 20 '09 at 22:26

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 20 '09 at 14:15

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AutomatedQA

That's your best bet.

answered Jan 20 '09 at 14:15

Otávio Décio

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Profiling a COM application?

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