1. Select the Error View to which you want to apply a filter.
2. Select View > Create Filter or click
3. Select the General tab.
4. Type a name for the filter and any additional comments you want.
5. Select the Messages tab.
6. Select one or more message types or categories you want to hide.
7. Select the Source tab.
8. Specify the function in the error location call stack, the source file, and the module where the messages originate.
9. Click OK. Purify applies the filter and hides all messages that match the information you specified.
Notes:
§ To help you get a jumpstart on creating a filter, Purify assigns default properties based on the message currently selected in the Error View. Delete or use default values as appropriate.
§ The Create Filter tool is especially useful when you want to hide a broad range of messages, such as all informational and warning messages, rather than specific selected messages.
§ By default, Purify hides messages that match the message types and sources specified in a filter. Use the Advanced tab in the filter Properties dialog box to invert a filter so that Purify hides messages that do not match the filter. This is especially useful when you want to see only messages that originate in a specific DLL, for example.
§ 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.
§ Creating or updating a filter affects all runs to which the filter can apply, including runs prior to the filter creation.
§ Purify saves filters in a Purify filter file (.pft). For details about filter file names and their locations, click .
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