Hi,

In VC6 in debug mode at the end of the program if there are any memory
leaks, they are reported with an associated allocation number {Object
dump}. In a debug mode execution we can stop the execution at the
specified memory allocation by allocating allocation number to

{,,msvcrtd.dll}_crtBreakAlloc

but this doesnt seem to be working in VC7 (VC++ .NET ).

Watch window complains
CXX0036:Error:bad Context {...} specification

I am trying to debug a unicode multithreaded application.
What am i missing ?

Any pointers to web articles where i could get more info on detecting
memory leaks in vc7 ??

Thanx and Regards,
Vijay Chegu
//vijaychegumemoryleak

VC7 has new C runtime. Try this:

{,,msvcr70d.dll}_crtBreakAlloc

Hi Nobody,

Thanx man it worked :)

Regards,
Vijay Chegu

{,,msvcr70d.dll}_crtBreakAlloc does not work when compiling a DLL with /MTd
only with /MDd, any idea what will work with /MTd?

Thanks

Gregor

use your dll name instead of msvcr70d.dll.
Please note that when you use the static version of crt (/MTd or /MLd)
there are multiple copies CRT libs and hence CRT heaps and _crtBreakAlloc
variables involved. For example lets say  you have a dll (say mydll.dll )
and exe  (say myexe.exe) both built with /MTd.
Both mydll and myexe will have its own unique copy of CRT and debug heaps.
Allocated memory in dll cannot be deallocated from exe or vice-versa.

Hope this helps

Thank you,
Bobby Mattappally
Microsoft Developer Support

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