View stack and heap

Question

Is there a free stack and heap viewer for .NET that shows what types are allocated on the stack and heap. I need this for the training that I will conduct.

Answer 1

I am using WinDbg with SOS . Attach to the process and use the following commands:

!dumpheap -stat display all objects in the managed heap.

!clrstack -a display a stack of managed calls, including parameters and locales for the current thread. Keep in mind that release versions may limit the number of local users available.

~Xs switch to stream X.

SOS has many other useful commands for checking managed applications.

Answer 2

CLR Checkout Profiler

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jmstall/archive/2005/12/17/clr-profiler-2-0-available.aspx

And another article that could help

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee309515.aspx