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April 2007 - Posts

[Windbg Script] Tracing MessageBox calls

In the past I worked on a support case where I needed to find out if some MessageBox from a C++ application was displayed and, if positive, what the message was. I got inconsistent answers whenever I asked the user, so I didn’t know if the MessageBox Read More...
Posted Friday, April 27, 2007 2:24 AM by Roberto Farah | 0 Comments

[Windbg Script] Extracting Performance Monitor counters from .NET application

Have you ever had a situation where you find yourself debugging a dump from ASP.NET when suddenly you notice you forgot to get the Performance Monitor log? If sometimes you face this situation, I have great news for you: this script shows you some of Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 19, 2007 2:34 AM by Roberto Farah | 21 Comments

[Windbg Script] Tracing API calls

This is a very simple script, yet powerful script. You can use it to see the APIs an application is using from your Windbg screen without using another tool. If you need more details from the APIs, just execute LogViewer.exe and open the .lgv file that Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:53 AM by Roberto Farah | 28 Comments
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[Windbg Script] Playing with Notepad

This is one of my “just for fun” scripts. It’s very simple and has some limitations, but it’s fun! What does it do? Open Notepad.exe then copy and paste a text on it or just write some stuff. After that, open the script and replace the StringsToFind and Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:58 AM by Roberto Farah | 3 Comments

[Windbg Script] Retrieving queries/stored procedures from .NET application

Ok, you are debugging a .NET application. You need to find out the queries and stored procedures being executed from the threads accessing the database, but you don’t know how. . . Good news! It’s not a problem anymore! This script shows you all the queries Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:52 PM by Roberto Farah | 9 Comments
 
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