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View the Call Stack

The Call Stack window is used to display all currently running threads in a process.  It can be used  to identify which thread is operational immediately before program failure occurs.  A Stack trace is displayed whenever a thread is suspended, through one of the step actions or through encountering a breakpoint. The Call Stack can record a history of Stack changes along with the ability to generate Sequences Diagrams from this history.

Access:     Analyzer | Call Stack

Use To:

  • View Stack history to understand the execution of a process
  • View Threads
  • Save a Call Stack for later use
  • Record Call Stack changes for Sequence Diagram generation
  • Generate a Sequence Diagram from the Call Stack
  • View the related code line in Source Code Editor

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Indicators
  • A green or yellow arrow highlights the current stack frame
  • A blue arrow indicates a thread that is running
  • A red arrow indicates a thread for which a stack trace history is being recorded

 

Actions

 

Toolbar Actions:

  • Save a Call Stack to file
  • Generate a Sequence diagram from the current Stack
  • Copy Stack to Recording History - adds the stack details to the Record History for Sequence Diagram generation
  • Toggle Stack Depth - show either the full Stack View or only frames with source
  • Double-clicking a thread/frame takes you to the related line of code in the Source Code Editor; local variables are also refreshed for the selected frame

Right-click on an items in the Stack list and select context menu options to:

  • Record Stack changes
  • Auto-Record
  • Stop the Recording
  • Generate a Sequence Diagram of the Stack
  • Copy Stack to Record History

 

Toolbar

Saveicon

Save Stack to file

 

seqicon

Generate Sequence diagram from Stack

Copystackicon

Copy Stack to recording history

VEA - StackToggle

Toggle Stack View

Stoprecordingicon

Stop recording

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