I am investigating GDI leaks issue in one of our smart-client application. I am looking for a tool (like tasklist) to get the GDI objects associated to a process. I can see the GDI objects in taskmanager, But my requirement to capture it periodically somewhere. For example in a text file.
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It should be quite straightforward to write a program to periodically log the number of GDI handles in use by a process, using the GetGuiResources API function.
ChrisN
2008-10-30 20:29:44
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GetGuiResources API is a good starting point, and if you need frequent snapshots and know which handles of which type are actually in use, give this library a try.
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The totally free Process Explorer ( http://www.sysinternals.com ) allows you to graphically inspect this and a zillion other aspects related to running processes. Add "GDI Objects" to the columns to display and you're off and running.
NOTE: Microsoft acquired their tools and I believe Mark Russinovich now works for Microsoft. Sysinternals tools don't typically require any installation other than to copy them to somewhere convenient and should be in your toolbox if they aren't already.
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Use GDIView, a free tool from NirSoft.
Their description:
GDIView is a unique tool that displays the list of GDI handles (brushes, pens, fonts, bitmaps, and others) opened by every process. It displays the total count for each type of GDI handle, as well as detailed information about each handle. This tool can be useful for developers that need to trace GDI resources leak in their software.
You can save the list of GDI counters as regular, tab-delimited, comma-delimited, and tabular text files, as well as horizontal or vertical HTML file or an XML file.