Re: Use of 'Apimon' under windows XP

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From: Carrie Garth (PostInGroup_at_invalid.cxg)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:57:00 -0500

| "Greg Roberts" <gregroberts@citectNOSPAM.com>
| Message news:ONEEAPAiEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl
| <SNIP> We have a program that goes balistic CPU wise after an
| hour or so doing the same thing, that being displaying an
| Active X control with ATL code in it. <SNIP>
|
| So we turned to apimon (part of the DDK) to see if it could
| shead some light on the issue. (of what the privilidged time
| was doing) Although i could get this to work on a few simple
| programs, it always aborts on our MFC based program (VC6
| based). The normal issue is in apidll.dll (v5.1.2600.0) which
| is needed for apimon, but not part of the kit ! <SNIP>

I am not a programmer so I cannot help with your "program that
goes balistic CPU wise". However, perhaps the following
information can be of help:

First, in regards to your statement: "The normal issue is in
apidll.dll (v5.1.2600.0) which is needed for apimon, but not part
of the kit ! "

The API Monitor Debugger application (apimon.exe) that includes
apidll.dll file version 5.1.2600.0 is one of the Microsoft
Windows XP Support Tools. For more information search the
following Microsoft Web Site:

Microsoft DLL Help Database
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/fileversion/dllinfo.asp

The Windows Support Tools are not installed onto your PC by
default, so you will need to install them. Furthermore, apimon
is only installed if you select "Complete installation". For more
information see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article
and documentation:

KB306794 - How to Install the Support Tools from the
Windows XP CD-ROM
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?Product=winxp&scid=kb;en-us;306794

Microsoft Support
Using the Windows XP support tools
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=%2Fdirectory%2Fworldwide%2Fen-gb%2Futility.asp

Second, in regards to your statement: " mfc42.dll & mfc42d.dll
are loaded, i wonder if this is significant?"

These are two of Microsoft's "redistributable" files that many
programmers include in software packages. And according to the
Roxio Web Page that includes troubleshooting steps for the file
mfc42.dll (see link below), "When a program is started up and
Windows tries to load a DLL into memory, it first looks in the
program's working directory, then in %WINDIR%\SYSTEM32,
and loads whichever version it finds first." And if an earlier
version is loaded a conflict may occur. To prevent conflicts,
"place the highest version number of the file" in the
%WINDIR%\SYSTEM32 folder.

Easy CD Creator 4.x Installation Guide
SECTION: "About DLL Conflicts, Why They Happen, How to Cure Them"
http://www.roxio.com/en/support/ecdc/installecdc4.html

You can find peer-to-peer support for Visual Tools & Languages in
the MSDN Discussion Groups for Visual Tools and Languages:

MSDN Home
MSDN Newsgroups
Visual Tools & Languages
http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/topic.aspx?url=/MSDN-FILES/028/201/012/topic.xml

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