Visualizing Runtime Object Graphs

8/25/2009 7:08:02 AM #

Great post! Is ther a way to automate the "dump gcroot output to .log file and then manually run your program". Is there a way to spawn it from the immediate window itself?

Thanks,
Pavan.

Pavan.

8/26/2009 9:15:51 PM #

I don't know the answer to your questions, but you are right, this is exactly the next step. Let me know if you find a solution

Chris Lovett

8/30/2009 2:19:39 AM #

Amazing .NET Reference Visualizations

Half the battle when tracking down memory problems in a .NET application is seeing the reference chain

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8/31/2009 7:41:08 AM #

Nice!

Aaron Marten

9/3/2009 5:24:32 PM #

Awesome post ! link to the Video is broken ..can you fix it?
thanks

Jandeep

9/4/2009 4:59:39 PM #

I added mp4 videos (slightly smaller) with links to screencast.com which should help.

Chris

10/24/2009 3:00:14 AM #

Nice work! I noticed in your video you felt forced to use !dumpheap to get the address of your player instance. You should be able to get it directly at the breakpoint you set with (in the immediate window):
&player
Which returns
0x0040ef2c
    player: 0x02669088
The nested address being the one of interest.

This works in VS2008 - not sure if it still does in VS 2010.

Gregory Babski

10/31/2009 4:24:52 PM #

Thanks for the interesting video and the DGML visualizer looks quite sexy; but isn't your advice to watch out for object reference cycles kind of ironic given .NET/CLR was originally pushed as a solution to such woes?

Indeed, it might even bring a wry smile to the face of anyone who has stuck with C++ and stubbornly resisted the lure of neglecting the object reference graph at the design stage.

Martin Connell

1/2/2010 9:00:12 AM #

Thanks for the video. I've been wanting to implement a object reference graph, but had a few questions on some issues I was seeing. You covered it all in the video. Thanks again.

Robert

1/9/2010 10:03:56 AM #

Just wanted to say thank you for the video on visual studio 2010, i've never used the sos debugger plugin before and it came in handy. Cheers!

James

1/31/2010 10:38:22 PM #

Great stuff my friend!  Visualizing Runtime Object Graphs was a wonderful read. Love reading stuff about this.

Andre Gemmen

2/11/2010 10:42:42 AM #

nice post.. I especially like the code to GCROOTtoDGML tool

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3/27/2010 8:54:45 PM #

"Simplicity is not the opposite of complexity. Simplicity is too often an excuse for being simplistic. The world doesn't need any more stupid software. The opposite of complexity is beautiful, elegant design."

I agree, for I have noticed that some software, especially computer games, are beautifully stable, while others crash like there is no tomorrow.

Julio Rapko

3/28/2010 3:07:29 AM #

I only lately started out leaving comments! Makes me think a small way more about what I enjoyed and learned in regards to the post! Superb tips, thanks!

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3/29/2010 3:18:08 AM #

great job on the videos. i really enjoyed watching them. keep up the good work...

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4/6/2010 2:52:30 AM #

great job on the videos. i really enjoyed watching them.keep going buddy.........

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4/9/2010 1:09:53 AM #

The Videos are great. Thx for this useful tip with the sos debugger.

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Mark

4/23/2010 3:42:28 PM #

Great post by videos. I especially like the videos. I especially like the code to GCROOTtoDGML tool

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4/23/2010 5:10:26 PM #

Nice post i just wants to offer my thaks for the video on visual studio 2010 . Infact i love to know more about this.

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4/24/2010 4:27:28 PM #

Cheers for the awesome video, the visualizer, and the code to GCROOTtoDGML tool is tidy. I've been searching for an object reference graph. You've covered everything I think. Cool.

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4/27/2010 2:35:50 PM #

The visualized runtime object graphs are a great time saver when using the Dependency Graph features of Visual Studio 2010.  However, they are definitely difficult to use, and I appreciate the guide.

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5/11/2010 3:36:51 AM #

It great to know about visualized runtime object graphs as they are great time saver when using the Dependency Graph features of Visual Studio 2010. Thanks for great information about Visual Studio 2010.

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5/11/2010 5:29:09 PM #

Thanks for nice tutorial!

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5/12/2010 7:51:47 AM #

I love visualising runtime graphs now after your article, cheers.

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5/12/2010 7:51:49 AM #

Excellent! Ive now added GCRootToDGML to my tool collection. Thanks for upping the link location.

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5/12/2010 2:43:41 PM #

Great post! Is there a way to automate the production program. Is there a way to spawn the immediate window itself?

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5/13/2010 6:28:35 AM #

Thanks for the video. I've been wanting to implement a object reference graph and you made it so simple to understand.  just wanted to let you know your help is really appreciated.

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5/18/2010 5:32:50 AM #

Thanks for posting your video.  

It is so much easier to understand by watching rather than reading.

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5/19/2010 4:59:28 AM #

This was really very helpful information. I really appreciate everything.

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5/19/2010 12:36:39 PM #

Thanks for the interesting video and the DGML visualizer looks quite good.

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5/20/2010 3:23:28 PM #

Thanks for the interesting video. Learning to use GCRootToDGML hasn't been easy!

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5/21/2010 6:29:03 PM #

Thanks for good article. Hope to see more soon.

Opony

5/22/2010 8:39:53 AM #

Great video!  It really helped me a lot.

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5/23/2010 1:56:20 AM #

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5/23/2010 4:18:36 PM #

Extremely amazing post. The author has given a perfectly explain how to visualize Runtime object graph. Thank you for sharing this update. We will be waiting for more exciting post.

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5/25/2010 5:44:15 AM #

now added GCRootToDGML to my tool collection. Thanks for upping the link

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5/28/2010 2:33:06 PM #

Thanks, now off to play with the SOS debugger..

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5/28/2010 3:50:13 PM #

This is really great info. Thank you for sharing it with us!

Rosh

5/28/2010 9:44:09 PM #

I didn't think about visualizing this. It sure looks like a great tool to help track down bugs!

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5/30/2010 6:29:53 AM #

Thanks for posting your video. the information is very useful.

Roger Gordon

6/1/2010 6:32:17 PM #

Thanks I was looking into GCRoot and your video helped me a bit more on my way

Edwin

6/12/2010 4:56:32 AM #

Is ther a way to automate the "dump gcroot output to .log file

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6/26/2010 8:46:18 PM #

Just wanna say thanks for the heads up, helpful vid on GCRootToDGML tool.

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6/30/2010 10:30:26 AM #

I wish that it were still so easy; fixing bugs that related to memory leaks and user-related issues.  Lately, I've been coming across loads of injections and the like.  I can't imagine why people want to destroy things.  I feel like I'll be eating from a vending machine my whole life because I don't have time anymore to eat let alone figure out what the latest is on the "seek and destroy perfectly good websites" front.

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6/30/2010 12:03:58 PM #

I love that you posted this video!  I did it myself with the code that you provided just to say I did it. I'm digging where graphics are going these days!!!

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8/9/2010 8:33:14 AM #

Excellent post.  I'll give that gcroot tool a try.

Jim Stegen

8/10/2010 2:01:54 AM #

Thanks for the video. I've been wanting to implement a object reference graph and you made it so simple to understand.  just wanted to let you know your help is really appreciated.

Tony

8/18/2010 5:09:45 AM #

Hi Clovett.. you're provided video is a very huge help, it gives a solutions specially the link of the Tool which I downloaded and Yes, it works on Visual Studio 2010. You did a great job! this post will also help to other people seeking for this extension.

Once again, thank you.

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9/14/2010 11:10:49 PM #

Great video, first time i've seen this being used, will have to give a go. added +rating

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10/14/2010 5:51:14 AM #

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10/22/2010 10:15:52 PM #

Thanks for the awesome post.

crystal

11/12/2010 11:38:00 AM #

Thanks .... really needed the GCRootToDGML tool, came in handy with other stuff ....and liked the video too

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11/26/2010 8:22:45 AM #

Videos are great.. worked perfectly.. thanks!!!

Tom Andrews

11/26/2010 8:27:05 AM #

Really helpful videos.. thanks

Kate Smith

11/27/2010 9:14:58 AM #

Hi there. Thank you for the tutorial. Unfortunately I am having a problem with the code for the GCRootToDGML tool . The link appears to be dead. Maybe someone can post another link,please?

Thank you

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11/30/2010 8:14:02 AM #

I have tested GCRootToDGML tool in Visual studio and worked like a charm...Thanks for this useful tool !

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12/3/2010 6:26:00 AM #

I like this.Dependency Graph features of Visual Studio 2010.  However, they are definitely difficult to use, and I appreciate the guide.

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12/6/2010 3:10:45 PM #

Very helpful videos... please keep them coming.

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12/11/2010 10:52:07 AM #

you're provided video is a very huge help, it gives a solutions specially the link of the Tool which I downloaded and Yes, it works on Visual Studio 2010.

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12/12/2010 2:19:37 AM #

GCRootToDGML is an excellent tool, nice vid!!

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12/13/2010 2:23:54 AM #

Thank you very much for the videos on visual studio 2010! They were really very helpful.

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12/13/2010 2:40:14 AM #

Thanks a lot! The GCRootToDGML tool is absolutely what I needed! And the video was also great!

Mike

12/28/2010 10:31:32 PM #

Hey man great video this will definitely come in handy.  Also, thanks for the link to the  GCRootToDGML tool itself...I'm definitely going to be trying this out.

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12/29/2010 8:52:32 PM #

Been trying to get a grasp of Visual Studio 2010 for the last month. resources such as your own have proved to be an immense help along the way

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12/31/2010 9:17:47 AM #

I've been wanting to implement a object reference graph and you made it so simple to understand.  just wanted to let you know your help is really appreciated.

Harry

1/3/2011 11:53:45 AM #

Short yet concise, I had never used SOSdebugger before hopefully it will shave a few hours off a couple of problematic projects!

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1/6/2011 8:35:56 AM #

Yeah, Mohamed El-Geish extension works great. Indeed graphs can easily interact with Visual Studio 2010. Thanks for the post& link.

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1/6/2011 9:07:12 PM #

I haven't used much my studio visual tool and I'm yet to actually grasp its usage properly. In your video you have shown me helpful ideas on it. I haven't tried using the SOSdeblugger before and hopefully it can help fix some of my problems. Also many thanks for the GCRootToDGML tool download. Hopefully it can help me as well.

Janile Evans

1/12/2011 7:59:14 AM #

This is great and I appreciate this. Thanks a lot!

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