Selecting Error and Leak Settings for the Current Program (Error Detection)

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1.    Open the Executable Settings dialog box, or click Settings in the Run Program dialog box.

2.    Select the Errors and Leaks tab.

3.    Select whether you want Purify to display only the first occurrence of a message with a count of repeated, identical occurrences, or instead display every occurrence of the message, each time you run the selected program.

4.    Select whether you want Purify to record and then display Uninitialized Memory Copy (UMC) messages each time you run the selected program.

5.    Select whether you want Purify to search for and then display the memory leaks found when you exit the program, each time you run the selected program.

6.    Select whether you want Purify to search for and then display the memory blocks in use when you exit the program, each time you run the selected program.

7.    Select whether you want Purify to search for and then display the handles in use when you exit the program, each time you run the selected program.

8.    Select whether you want Purify to collect the maximum call stack detail available for all functions, each time you run the selected program.

9.    Type or select the error and allocation lengths to display in call stacks, each time you run the selected program.

10.  Type or select the deferred free queue settings by entering length and threshold values, each time you run the selected program.

11.  Type or select the length for red zones each time you run the selected program.

Notes:

§      Purify saves settings for the current program in the Exename_pure.ini. These settings apply each time you run the selected executable, until you change a setting.

§      To set default settings that apply to all programs, use the Default Settings dialog box.

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