Hook into another application to watch memory usage

Question

I just started writing an application that I would like to use to attach to any running process, and get notified when it allocates or deallocates memory. I already created the interface so I can select from a list of running processes, but I don't really know how to hook into that process to get the information I'm looking for.

This is my first "real" C# application, so I'm still learning my way around. I would like to use this application to test for memory leaks in other applications, it will just be a personal tool (and a learning experience) so it doesn't have to be perfect.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.

Answer 1

This article might be of interest: Monitoring Your PC's Memory Usage For Game Development

Answer 2

Have you taken a look at PerfMon and what it has to offer? You can implement custom counters, but it does show memory and GC activity. I've used this in the past to debug leaks.