#785 – Using the Visual Profiler Tool

March 27, 2013 2 Comments

Once you install the WPF Performance Suite, you can use the tool to help improve the performance of your application.

In addition to the Perforator tool, the Performance Suite includes the Visual Profiler tool, which is designed to help you profile your application at run-time.  Profiling involves monitoring your application at run-time to look at the performance aspects of individual elements.  This will help you figure out the location of any performance bottlenecks.

To run the Visual Profiler, start the WPF Performance Suite and click on the Visual Profiler tab.  Start your WPF application and then click Select Process under the Actions menu to select your process.

Once you connect the Visual Profiler to your application, you’ll see a variety of information, including:

  • A visual tree that indicates CPU time spent for layout of an element and its children
  • Measure/Arrange CPU usage for selected element
  • Application CPU usage breakdown

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#783 – Downloading and Installing the WPF Performance Suite

March 25, 2013 4 Comments

There is a set of tools, known as the WPF Performance Suite, that you can use to analyze the performance of your WPF applications.

To get access to the WPF Performance Suite, you start by installing the Windows SDK 7.1 .  During the install, check the Windows Performance Toolkit option.

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Once installed, you can find the WPF Performance Suite in the start screen under the Microsoft Windows Performance Toolkit section.

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The first time that you run the WPF Performance Suite, you’ll see an Add Tools dialog.  Check the options for Perforator and Visual Profiler.

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When the performance suite starts up, you’ll see an application with tabs labeled Perforator and Visual Profiler.

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