Testing an Application with the Application Verifier Tool (Windows CE 5.0)
After you start the Application Verifier tool, you can use it to test an application on a target device. For information about running the tool, see Running the Application Verifier Tool.
Note To provide informative test results, Application Verifier requires .pdb and .map files for the shims that you use to test an application. If the target device does not have access to the .pdb and .map files for the shims, copy them to the release directory before using Application Verifier. If the target device does not have access to a release directory, copy the .pdb and .map files to the location of the files for the application you are testing.
The procedure for testing an application differs from the procedure for testing Device.exe. For information about testing Device.exe, see Setting up the Application Verifier Tool to Test a Driver.
To test an application with Application Verifier
In the Windows CE Application Verifier window, choose Add.
Navigate to the directory containing an .exe or .dll file to test, select the file, and then choose Open.
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In any directory, type the name of a file to test, and then choose Open.
You can type the name of a file even if the file does not exist in the directory.
In the Applications list, select the name of the application you want to test.
In the Test settings list, select the shims that you want Application Verifier to run when the tool tests the application.
Settings take effect the next time you run the application. If you apply settings to an application while the application is running, the settings do not take effect until you run the application again. For information about the shims that you can select, see Shims for the Application Verifier Tool.
In the Windows CE Application Verifier window, in the Applications list, select the file name for the application you want to test, and then choose Run to run the application.
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On the target device, run the application.
To collect a broad range of data while Application Verifier tests an application, use all of the functionality of the application during the test.
To finish the test, close the application.
You can view the results of a test in the Windows CE Application Verifier window. For more information about viewing test results, see Viewing Test Results from the Application Verifier Tool.
After you configure Application Verifier to test an application, the test settings that you specify remain active until you remove the file name from the Applications list or reboot the target device. You can test an application multiple times with the Application Verifier tool.
See Also
Application Verifier Tool | Running the Application Verifier Tool
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