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Special Command—Tracing Applications Using wt

wt [WatchOptions] [= StartAddress] [EndAddress] Transcribing the WinDbg documentation, this command runs through the whole function and then displays statistics when executed at the beginning of a function call. Thus, this command can be used just when Read More...
Posted Monday, October 12, 2009 6:27 PM by Roberto Farah | 0 Comments

Special Command—Logging Commands Output and Commands History

If you’ve been following my blog you know I use .logopen and .logclose quite a lot, mainly in PowerDbg . Using these pairs of commands you can save a log file that has all output from the debugger. Usage: .logopen [ Options ] [ FileName ] .logopen /d Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 9:32 AM by Roberto Farah | 2 Comments

Special Command—Using Breakpoints: bp, bm, ba, bu

When doing live debugging you’ll use breakpoints at some point when tackling a problem. A simple breakpoint is easy to use ; however, when you are on the trenches you might need to use advanced breakpoints that save you a lot of manual work. For instance, Read More...
Posted Friday, May 02, 2008 12:24 AM by Roberto Farah | 2 Comments

[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] 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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