Tips for Focusing Error Data (Error Detection)

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§          To quickly debug the messages you are most interested in, filter out the ones you do not want to debug using an inverted filter. Then use the Break on Error tool to stop in the debugger on your important messages.

§          The fastest way to create and apply a filter is to select the message you want to hide in the Error View and then select QuickFilter from the right-click shortcut menu or click images\qfilter.gif

§          You can focus on specific messages by creating filters that filter out unrelated messages, or filter in only related messages.

§          You can filter out messages that originate in a DLL by using the Filter Manager dialog box to create and attach a library filter to the DLL. Purify applies the filter whenever you run a program that calls the DLL.

§          The Create Filter command is especially useful when you want to filter a broad range of messages, such as all informational messages or all messages from a specific DLL.

§          You can use wildcards in specifying function names and source files to filter many similar things. For example, you can filter all messages whose source files are in a particular directory. Specify this kind of match in the Filter Properties dialog box.

§          You can create inverted filters to hide messages that don't match the filter criteria you specify in the Filter Properties dialog box.

§          To move a filter or filter group in the Filter Manager, select the filter or group and then drag it to its new location. To copy the filter or group to a new location, press the Ctrl key when you drag and drop.

§          You can enable or disable multiple filters or filter groups at one time by selecting the filters or groups, clicking the right mouse button, and then selecting Properties from the shortcut menu.

§          To rename a filter in the Filter Manager, right-click the filter name and select Rename from the shortcut menu.

§          You can set an option in the filter Properties dialog box to filter messages based on a specific function, regardless of where it appears in the error location call stack.

§          When you use the Create Filter command, Purify assigns default properties based on the message currently selected in the Error View. You can delete or use default values as appropriate.

§          Purify saves the filters you create in .pft files. To share filters and filter groups, team members can copy .pft files to their local machines. For details about filter file names and their locations, click images\shortcut.gif.

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