1. Select the Error View to which you want to apply a filter.
2. Open the Filter Manager dialog box.
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 keep in the Error View.
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. Select the Advanced tab.
10. Select Hide messages that do not match this filter, and then click OK. Purify applies the filter and hides all messages that do not match the information you specified.
Warning: Using this option you could accidentally hide all messages from the Error View. In order to view them again, adjust your filters.
Notes:
§ Inverting a filter is especially useful when you want to see only messages that originate in a specific DLL, for example. By default, Purify hides messages that match the message types and sources specified in a filter.
§ Purify saves filters in a Purify filter file (.pft). For details about filter file names and their locations, click .
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