Obtaining a Comparison

The easiest way to determine what is happening is compare how your program is using memory. The procedure for creating comparisons is straight forward:

1	Stop your program while it is executing within the first plateau.

2	Save the memory state.

3	Run your program for a short time. Stop it at a later time.

4	Add the saved state back into MemoryScape. Do this by selecting Add memory debugging file from Home | Add Program. On the next screen, specify the previously saved state file.

5	Display the Memory Reports | Memory Comparisons screen.

6	Select the two processes being compared. Note that the saved state has a small disk icon () next to it. Figure 71 shows part of the screen containing controls for selecting the processes. The screen containing information is also displayed.

 

Figure 71: Memory Use Comparisons