How to find out what elements are generated in memory when debugging C #?

Question

Just curious, is it possible to find out which elements are generated while the program is running on the stack and heap? Is there a tool or confusion there to identify memory usage in VS2010 C # (Silverlight)? Thanks,

Answer 1

Yes, you can use Visual Studio Profiler (or any other profiler).

Tutorial: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc337887.aspx

Other memory profiles:

• http://memprofiler.com
• http://www.red-gate.com/products/dotnet-development/ants-memory-profiler/
• http://www.xteprofiler.com/ (supports Silverlight)

SO question: What are some good .NET profiles?

Answer 2

It is not built into Visual Studio, but you can use CLRProfiler to visualize the heap selection.

Answer 3

Link types are always allocated on the heap. I suppose you can assume that value types are allocated on the stack. I do not know any tools that will show your overall stack usage.

You can use GC.GetTotalMemory () to determine the heap usage of your application.