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- ProDelphi 9.x
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-
- Additional remarks which are not in the description or might be overlooked:
-
- - Don't use the optimization switch of the compiler, in some cases the
- compiler produces wrong code ( this has nothing to do with ProDelphi ),
- and second the measurement results are less correct.
-
- - The best results concerning correctness are got if the profiled
- program does not run under the IDE.
-
- Limitations of use:
-
- - Arithmetic expressions in $IF or $ELSEIF statements are always treated
- as TRUE. This is normally no problem (see Readmexx.doc).
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 9.6 (4/3/2002)
- - Improvement: Automatic and cyclic storage of measurement results
- via online operation window.
- - Bug fix: Two END-statement in one line could have caused procedures
- not to be profiled.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 9.55 (3/25/2002)
- Nothing. The files copied to the web site were wrong, to make sure
- one has the correct file, the version was increased.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 9.54 (3/19/2002)
- - Bug fix: Sometimes class definitions in an include file or in the
- implementation part of a unit were misinterpreted
- - Bug fix: Forward definitions of overloaded functions caused wrong
- results in the viewer if these definitions were made in
- the implementation part or in an include file
- - Bug fix: In the viewer window it was not clear, which of overloaded
- functions consumed the CPU time (now they are enumerated)
- - Improvement: Due to some customers request, the time stamp of a
- profiled file optionally is only changed by a minimum
- through profiling or cleaning. On request now the
- time is only changed by 3 sec's so that the IDE still
- recognizes that a file has changed.
- This feature is available in the professional mode only !!!
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 9.53 (2/12/2002)
- - Warning, if Method declarations are split into two lines
- - Log improved
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 9.52 (1/17/2002)
- - Bugfix: If optimization was activated in the source file the automatic
- deactivation did not work always and produced multiple lines for
- deactivation.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 9.51 (1/15/2002)
- - Bugfix: Names of local procedures were converted to upper case.
- - Bugfix: When processing files with the read only attribute, the read
- only attribute was not set to true after profiling or cleaning.
- - Bugfix: If local procedures were present but were not profiled,
- an exception could have occured when starting the program.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 9.4 (1/6/2002)
- - Printed report enhanced: Color save mode or full color mode
- selectable
- - Optical improvement
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 9.3 (12/5/2001)
- - For Delphi 6 the DOF-file was misinterpreted which caused files
- not to be profiled
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 9.2 (11/25/2001)
- - Button texts for selecting a method corrected
- - Optical improvement
- - Documentation as PDF-file
- - CLX support reactivated
- - Exclusion of directories for profiling
- - Bug fixes
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 9.1 (8/3/2001)
- - Printing of Reports added
- - CLX support deactivated
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 9.0 (6/22/2001)
- - Support of Delphi 6
- - Support of CLX library
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.55 (4/21/2001)
- - Size optimization for one of the measurement DLL's (Profmeas.DLL)
- - Search function of the viewer optimized
- - Processing of Initialization and Finalization part corrected
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.54 (2/24/2001)
- - New feature: Always on top for online operation window
- - Bug fix: Class methods and Class forward references can be handled
- - Bug fix: Processing of relative pathnames improved
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.53 (2/19/2001)
- - Incomplete error message concerning missing file fixed
- - Cleaning the sources now also deletes the measurement result files (opt.)
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.52 (2/14/2001)
- - Units without USES-clause wer not profiled
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.51 (1/27/2001)
- - New feature to measure only the main thread
- - Bugfix: Counting inherited times for caller fixed
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.5 (12/15/2000)
- - user interface made more secure and easier understandable,
- - warning shown if no DOF-file exists,
- - viewer automatically selects the result file,
- - viewer sorts detail window when clicking column headers,
- - registration integrated in main program,
- - two minor bugfixes.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.4a (10/21/2000)
- - Parser bug fixed
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.4 (10/16/2000)
- - Browser enhanced
- - Viewer consumes less memory now
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.3 (09/03/2000)
- - Viewer enhanced
- - Parser enhanced
- - Bug in SETUP.EXE fixed, aborted if no drive C: existed
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.2 (07/31/2000)
- - Profiler aborted instrumenting when processing a file with
- a total length of less than 80 bytes.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.1 (07/12/2000)
- - Version from 07/07/2000 could only be installed with
- administrator rights under Win NT / 2000
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.1 (07/07/2000)
- - Color and font enhancements for the viewer
- - Error message concerning not ready removable drives corrected
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.03 (06/01/2000)
- - ProDelphi reported 'No space on disk' if a part of the units
- search path had no drive letter: fixed.
- - Units search path not editable anymore (caused some problems)
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.02 (05/22/2000)
- Enhancements for profiling multithreaded applications:
- - Measurement overhead decreased,
- - Accuracy increased,
- - Calibration process tuned (much faster now).
- Enhancement for single and multithreaded applications:
- - Calibration now processor and Delphi-version dependant (higher
- accuracy for Delphi 2..4),
- Comments in the DLL-Examples corrected.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.01 (05/13/2000)
- - Storing of measurement results tuned
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 8.0 (04/27/2000)
- - Dynamical switching measurement on and off enhanced:
- . Instead of calling the API-functions ProfActivate and ProfDeactivate
- a special comment can be placed before the method with which the
- measurement should be started (//PROFILE-ACTIVATE). The maximum
- number of activation comments is unlimited.
- . At the end of the profiling process a dialog window is opened
- in which activating methods can be selected (if dynamcic activation
- is wanted). Between different activation methods can be switched
- without a new profiling process to be executed. The maximum amount of
- activation methods selected interactiv is 16.
- . Activation by inserting //PROFILE-ACTIVATE and selecting in a
- dialog window can be mixed.
- - Measurement an start options do not afford a new profiling process.
- - Measurement results can be emulated for another PC than that one on
- which the measurements have been done. So easily a slower or faster
- customers PC can be emulated. This saves the installation of the
- complete IDE on the customers equipment. Of course an emulation has
- a lower accuracy than a measurement done with the original equipment.
- - Profiling log added
- - Freeware mode only: If more than 30 procedures are measured, the
- the runtime of all those procedures that are not displayed is
- summarized and displayed.
- - Post mortem review enhanced:
- . In a case of an exception the name of the exception is given,
- . Handling of recursively called functions improved.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 7.62 (04/17/2000)
- - Two or more entries $(Delphi) in the units search path caused a profiling
- error when after $(Delphi) either \Lib or \Source was noted.
- - Processing of $IFDEF, $IFOPT, etc. was case sensitive (needed to be
- in capital characters).
- - $IFDEF in a Uses-statement caused errors.
- - Units search path is editable now (due to a customers request).
- - Amount of profilable method increased from 16000 to 32000 (due to a
- customers request). Professional mode only.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 7.61 (04/06/2000)
- - Pathname problem fixed
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 7.6/7.5 (03/25/2000)
- - browsers tuned (7.6)
- - parser bug fixed (7.5)
- - handling of the function MsgWaitForMultipleObjects(Ex) corrected(7.6)
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 7.4 (02/27/2000)
- - Coverage Profiling on a procedural base: A browser displays all those
- methods which were not called.
- - Accuracy for measurement of pure Assembler procedures increased
- (professional mode only)
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 7.3 (01/15/2000)
- - Enhanced accuracy of measurement, especially for nested procedures.
- - Optimization is automatically switched off if the user forgets to
- uncheck the optimization switch. This prevents crashes of the testee
- and guaranties a high accuracy measurement.
- - In Professional mode 16000 methods can be measured now (before 10000).
- - Bugfix: The $IFOPT compiler directive was not processed.
- - Bugfix: Example program displayed wrong time with some Intel processors.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 7.2 (11/21/1999)
- - Bugfix: Setup corrupted the Delphi tools menu if already more than
- nine tools existed. Uninstall deleted one entry too much
- in the tools menu, if ProDelphi was not the last installed
- tool.
- - ProDelphi can now process relative pathnames.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 7.1 (11/03/1999)
- - Bugfix: Profiler could not be executed under Windows 95A.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 7.0b (09/28/1999)
- - Bugfix: The Delphi demo sources could not be profiled
- (Error message: Path error).
- - Files in and below the Delphi LIB and SOURCE directory are excluded
- from profiling
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 7.0 (09/26/1999)
- - Additions for Delphi 5
- - History window corrected: It displays '---' for the time now, if no times
- for a method are not stored in the history file. Before the times of the
- actual run were displayed.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 6.7 (09/19/1999)
- - SetUp program corrected: Administrator rights for Windows NT not
- necessary anymore.
- - Integration into Delphi 2 tools menu fixed.
- - Integration into Delphi 2/3/4 tools menu enhanced.
- - Viewer enhanced for use with large screen fonts.
- - Some changes done for use with Delphi 5 (not tested yet).
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 6.6 (08/24/1999)
- - History function: Comparing the actual runtime by mouse click with
- a preceding one, colored grids show which method got faster, which slower.
- - Search path can be longer than 255 characters now.
- - Documentation enhanced: hints for optimization and excact measurement.
- - Addings for Delphi 5 done (not tested yet).
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 6.5a/b/c/d/e (08/15/1999)
- - Bugfix concerning wrong output directory for 2 profiler internal files (6.5a)
- - Incompatibility with the tool Arabella (ProDelphi used the same filenames)(6.5b)
- - Spaces in filenames are accepted now (6.5c)
- - Sorting of the detailed results causeD displaying wrong times (if the
- filter option to exclude methods with very small runtimes was used).(6.5d)
- - SetUp-program fixed, install didn't insert ProDelphi into the tools menu
- and uninstall didn't delete it. (6.5d)
- - Problems with profiling assembler procedures solved (professional mode) (6.5e)
- - With Windows 95a and partition sizes > 2 GB the checking for enough
- free disk was malfuntioning (6.5e)
- - For security reasons, the Delphi LIB-directory is not profiled anymore (6.5e)
- - Example program corrected: the displayed number of CPU-Cycles were
- correct but the displayed times were correct only on a PC with 233 MHz
- (estimation of CPU-frequency was missing) (6.5c)
- - Example program enhanced to fit to the higher accuracy of ProDelphi:
- smallest unit of time is now 0.001 micro second. (6.5c)
- - Display format of example program changed to the style of ProDelphi. (6.5c)
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 6.5 (07/22/1999)
- - Bugfix: rounding error
- - Multiple directories can be profiled now
- - DOF-file entries are used by ProDelphi now
- - Viewer enhanced: smallest displayed time unit now 0.001 micro second,
- Display format made better readable.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 6.4 (06/03/1999):
- - Bug fix: Setup aborted installation procedure when running under
- Win95a or Win95b. No such problems occured under Win95c or WinNT 4.0.
- I hope it also runs under Win98.
- Release of Setup program is now V2.0.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 6.4 (05/30/1999):
- - Bug fix: Updating the list of files before profiling, corrected following
- mistake: If a file was copied to the profiling directory and ProDelphi
- was started, this file was not profiled.
- - Integration of ProDelphi into the Delphi Tools menu
- - Comfortable Setup program included now (V1.0)
- - Example programs included
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 6.3a (05/16/1999):
- - Bug fixed: Crash could occure in Local Procedures (or wrong result)
- - Measurement not correct: 1 CPU-Cycle to much measured
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 6.3 (05/12/1999):
- - Freeware and Professional mode:
- * Automatic reading of defined compiler symbols and switches from the
- DOF-file
- - Freeware mode:
- * number of measured procedures now 30 (before 20)
- * measuring of local procedures now possible
- * counting time of inherited methods for calling method possible now
- - Professional mode:
- * Profiling pure assembler procedures.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 6.2a (04/10/1999):
- - Parser-bug concerning class variables fixed.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi Version 6.2 (04/05/1999):
- - Conditional compilation supported now, this means that IFDEF/IFNDEF-
- statements are evaluated now.
- - Enhancement of the viewer: Sorting of the results in the detail
- window after every possible criteria (alphabetical, procedure runtime,
- procedure runtime sum, procedure runtime incl. child time, etc. etc).
- - Browser added to the viewer.
- - 3 more Windows- API functions which set the program into idle status are
- handled now (no idle time measuring).
- - Memorises important profiling options.
- - Warning to save source files before profiling displayed now.
- - Minor sorting bug fixed.
- - Parser bug concerning nested local procedures corrected.
- - Upgrading to professional mode now by Serial Number. This means a
- better customer service.
- Just look at my homepage, if there is a new version, just download it,
- it runs with your serial number.
-
- Attention: Delete old *.PAS, *.DFM and *.DLL files of ProDelphi if you are
- upgrading from an older version of ProDelphi.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi 6.1 (03/07/1999):
- - The viewer was enhanced, the Detail-window can be enlarged until full
- screen. Making the viewer windows smaller, results in hiding unimportant
- parts of the informations (not for Detail-window), so that the window
- can be made much smaller.
- Some windows have got a splitter, so that the window can be made smaller.
- The end of Unit-, class- and procedure names are no longer cut off after
- 25 characters (space for 40 characters availlable now).
- - Parser bug concerning pure assembler procedures corrected.
- - Calibation procedures are in a DLL now (ProfCali.DLL).
- - Additional Windows- and Delphi- API functions which set the program into
- idle status are handled now (no idle time measuring).
- - Instead of DCU-files as interfaces to the DLL's, now PAS-files are delivered.
- This has the advantage that extensions can be made by the user of ProDelphi.
- Changes in those units are made on own risk. This concerns mainly API-
- functions that cause setting the program into an idle state.
- - Documentation enhanced.
-
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi 6.0 (02/12/1999):
- - DLL-Support was enhanced: Now it is possible to profile program and DLL's
- simultaneously (or separetely as in version 5.3)
- - Read-Only files are either not profiled now or the Read-only attribute
- is automatically deleted.
- - Documentation corrected and completed.
- - Measuring bug concerning Application.ProcessMessages,
- Application.HandleMessage, DispatchMessage, Sleep and SleepEx corrected.
- - Parser bug concerning //PROFILE-NO without //PROFILE-YES corrected.
- - Parser bug concernig key words ASSEMBLER, FORWARD and EXTERNAL corrected.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi 5.3 (12/20/1998):
- - DLL-Support added
- It is not described in the documentation yet. I've made a little example
- to show, how a DLL is measured. Unzip the files in DLLSUPP.ZIP and read
- the comments in the sources. It is quite simple.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi 5.2 (12/18/1998):
- - Parser-bug concerning tabs in function or procedure statements corrected.
- - Parser-bug concerning BEGIN / END in variable names,
- - Viewer-bug corrected:
- If more than one measurement run was made (using the Append-button in
- the on-line operation window) and one or more procedures were never used,
- the procedure names from the second run on were wrong and so not usable.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi 5.1 (11/22/1998):
- - Parser-bug concerning Application.ProcessMessages and DispatchMessages
- corrected
- - Sleep and SleepEx is treated now.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi 5.0 (11/15/1998):
- - Inserted profiling statments are now partly in Assembler. This results
- in less measurement overhead and a better measurement accuracy (in my
- test program results of the measured program had an accuracy of
- +- 1 CPU-cycle on AMD K6. Results on Pentium without MMX are not so
- accurate).
- - Fixed 1 bug: testee aborted at program end if all procedures had a
- runtime of 0 CPU-cycles (empty procedures).
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi 4.0 (10/11/1998):
-
- - Export into data base,
- - Adding a viewer to look at the results directly with the profiler,
- - measurement results in CPU-cycles availlable
- - 2 minor bug fixes
- - greater accuracy and less measurement overhead compared to previous
- versions by using 64 bit integers instead of data type Comp.
- - measurement results for recursive procedures fixed.
- - greater accuracy for calling of deactivated procedures (professional
- version only).
- - support of Delphi 4.
-
- Attention:
- ProDelphi 2.x for non-Intel-compatible CPU's is no longer supported.
-
- Changes made in ProDelphi 3.1 (05/10/98):
-
-
- Profiler.exe :
- Error message if too many procedures,
- Remembering the last directory for next startup of PROFILER.EXE,
- Easier installation.
-
- Proftime.DCU :
- Dramatically increased accuracy in time measurement (especially for
- small procedures),
- greater accuracy in determining the CPU-speed (especially for CPU
- >= 200 MHZ),
- no exception when running under IDE and Windows NT (the exception
- was produced by will but disturbing accuracy or functionallity),
- correction for the case that more than 20 procedures are registered,
- Remembering the last screen position for the online operation window.
-
-