CRT Debugging Techniques
This topic applies to:
| Visual Studio Edition | Visual Basic | C# | C++ | J# |
| Express | No | No | Native | No |
| Standard | No | No | Native | No |
| Pro/Team | No | No | Native | No |
If you are debugging a program that uses the C run-time library, these debugging techniques may be useful.
In This Section
- CRT Debug Library Use
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Describes the debugging support provided by the C Run-Time Library and provides instructions for accessing the tools.
- Macros for Reporting
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Provides information on the _RPTn and _RPTFn macros (defined in CRTDBG.H), which replace the use of printf statements for debugging.
- Debug Versions of Heap Allocation Functions
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Discusses the special Debug versions of the heap allocation functions, including: how the CRT maps calls, the benefits of calling them explicitly, how to avoid conversion, tracking the separate types of allocations in client blocks, and the results of not defining _DEBUG.
- The CRT Debug Heap
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Provides links to memory management and the debug heap, types of blocks on the debug heap, using the debug heap, heap state reporting functions, and tracking heap allocation requests.
- Debug Hook Function Writing
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Lists links to client block hook functions, allocation hook functions, allocation hooks and CRT memory allocations, and report hook functions.