Thread: I can't get profiling to work with Visual Studio 6

  1. 12-30-2004 #1
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    I can't get profiling to work with Visual Studio 6

    I'm using Microsoft Visual C++ 6 for my development environment. I've been able to get profiling to work in the past...I'm aiming at getting just basic function timings to see where bottlenecks in my physics simulation program are occuring.

    In order to get profiling to work, it is my understanding that you have to follow these steps:

    -Go to Project->Settings
    -In the settings menu, go to Link
    -In the Link folder, go to the General category (in the drop down menu)
    -Make sure 'enable profiling' and 'generate mapfile' are checked
    -Rebuild entire project
    -Go to Build, then Profile

    The problem is that no matter how many times I do these steps, 'Profile' is grayed out meaning something is still setup incorrectly. I'm very perplexed at this problem. Any ideas?
    Last edited by Darkness; 12-30-2004 at 05:58 PM.
  2. 12-30-2004 #2
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    Maybe try a clean before rebuilding? I don't think you need "generate mapfile" enabled, either.
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    I assume you're using a version of VC++ that supports profiling?
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    I have this same problem with my visual studio, I've never been able to figure out how to get it to do profiling...I'm using VC++ 6.0 Professional edition...so I don't really know why it's not working.
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    The profiler always worked for me right out of the box, but there could be a significant difference between the Professional edition and the Enterprise edition.
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    Only the Professional and Enterprise editions support profiling.

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    Maybe try a clean before rebuilding? I don't think you need "generate mapfile" enabled, either.
    I did, actually

    I assume you're using a version of VC++ that supports profiling?
    Yep, I've got it to work before

    I have this same problem with my visual studio, I've never been able to figure out how to get it to do profiling...I'm using VC++ 6.0 Professional edition...so I don't really know why it's not working.
    It's an exceptionally useful tool...if I do get it to work, I will send you a private message telling how. I don't know if I have enterprise or professional...I only know I've got a version that supports profiling.
    As a sidenote jverkoey, if you are stuck for a profiler, you can look into the demo version of the intel vtune C++ compiler
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    According to the oracle (google), this seems to be a fairly common problem.

    http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q224382

    gg
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