Filter Manager: Error Data Dialog Box

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Use the Filter Manager: Error Data dialog box to:

§    View or edit existing filters and filter groups

§          Enable and disable filters and filter groups

§          Create new filters and filter groups

When you run a native (unmanaged) Visual C++ program, Purify automatically creates a filter group for the executable program and library groups for each module the program uses. You can use these groups to organize and maintain any QuickFilters, filters, or filter groups you create. Using the Filter Manager, you can add programs and modules before you run a program and create filters and filter groups.

Filters attached to a module other than an executable (for example, .dll, .ocx) apply to any program that uses the module. By default, these library groups are not displayed in the Filter Manager. To display library groups, select View > Libraries. Purify also provides default global filters to filter messages for known problems in third-party and system modules. To display global filters, select View > Global Filters.

These are the main controls in the dialog box:

Filter group and modules list

Filter list

Apply

Notes:

§      This feature applies only to runs of native-compiled (unmanaged) programs.

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

§      To edit a filter name, right-click the name and select Rename from the shortcut menu.

§      To view or edit the properties for an existing filter, double-click the filter.

§      Check and uncheck filters and filter groups to enable and disable filters. If a filter is checked but gray, verify that all the higher-level filter groups are checked in order for the filter to be active.

§      When you create filters, Purify saves them in .pft files. For details about filter file names and their locations, click images\shortcut.gif.

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