How to Use Remote Call Profiler to Find Performance Problems (Windows CE 5.0)
With the Remote Call Profiler tool, you can profile an application and display the data collected from the application in a variety of formats within the graphical user interface (GUI) for the tool.
You might be able to use this data to identify performance problems in the application.
The Remote Call Profiler tool can help during the development of the application and the final stages before release.
To find performance problems, insert probes into your application. Then use the Remote Call Profiler tool to collect data from the application.
With the collected data, you can then use the Remote Call Profiler views to identify performance problems.
Hardware and Software Assumptions
- You are familiar with remote tools. For more information, see Remote Tools.
- You are familiar with using the Build tool. For more information, see Build Tool.
- You are familiar with creating and configuring sources files. For more information, see Sources File.
To track your progress in the following table, select the check box next to each step.
| Step | Topic | |
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| 1. If you have not built your run-time image, build the run-time image. | Building a Run-Time Image | |
| 3. In the directory that contains the source code for your application, create a sources file and a makefile file. | Creating a Sources File and Makefile File for an Application | |
4. Familiarize yourself with CallCAP and FastCAP probes and then decide which type of probe you want to use.
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Characteristics of FastCAP and CallCAP Probes | |
| 5. Build probes into your application to support profiling with Remote Call Profiler. | Building an Application That Supports Remote Call Profiler Data Collection | |
6. Establish a hardware connection between your development workstation and the target device; then configure Platform Builder to download the run-time image to the target device over the established connection.
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Configuring a Connection for Downloading and Debugging | |
| 7. Download the run-time image to the target device. | Downloading a Run-Time Image | |
| 8. Open the Remote Call Profiler tool and then configure the connection from the tool to the target device.
When you configure the connection, perform the following steps:
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Configuring the Connection to a Target Device Using Platform Manager | |
| 9. Connect the Remote Call Profiler tool to the target device. | Connecting to a Target Device with a Remote Tool | |
| 10. Use the Collection Control window to run your application and collect data from the application.
After you choose Finish to stop collecting data and view the collected data, in the Timeline window you should see a bar that contains colors representing data collected from your application. For more information about the Timeline window, see Timeline Window. |
Controlling Profiling with the Remote Call Profiler Collection Control Window | |
| 11. Familiarize yourself with the view windows for Remote Call Profiler.
You can use the view windows to analyze in a variety of formats the data collected from your application. |
Remote Call Profiler View Windows | |
| 12. Save the information collected by Remote Call Profiler as an .icp file. | Saving Data Collected by Remote Call Profiler |
See Also
How-to Topics | Remote Call Profiler
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