Executing a Trace Session
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After you open a trace connection, you can execute a trace session to capture the data. Complete the following steps to execute a trace session.
- Click Start on the Home tab or press <Ctrl-R> to start the trace session and begin tracing data.
- In LabVIEW, run the application you want to trace. If you want to trace a stand-alone application, run the executable. The table pane of the Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit displays the execution events you selected when you configured the trace session. You also can filter trace data that appears in the table pane to make the table easier to read.
- When you finish tracing data, click Stop or press <Ctrl-T> to end the trace session.
Related Information
- Part 4: Reviewing Trace Data
In Part 3 of this tutorial, you execute the trace session and capture the trace data from Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit.lvproj. In Part 4 of this tutorial, you review the trace data that the Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit captures and displays in the table pane.
- Reviewing Trace Data
Executing a trace session even on a small application can capture hundreds of execution events.
- Opening a Trace Connection
You can open a trace connection from the toolkit or from a LabVIEW VI or project.
- Saving or Exporting Trace Data
After you execute trace sessions in a trace, you can save the trace to view it at a later time in the Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit. You also can export the trace to a text file that you can view in any text editor.
- Configuring a Trace Session
After you open a trace connection, you can specify types of execution events you want to capture to reduce the memory the Desktop Execution Trace Toolkit uses and avoid running out of memory.