VB Watch

Take cover from run-time errors. Test, debug and profile your code. Increase the quality, stability and performance of your Visual Basic 6 programs.

VB Watch is three tools in one: Profiler, Protector and Debugger. Profiler measures performance and test coverage. Protector implements robust error handling. Debugger helps monitor your executables.

Stand-alone or add-in. Execute VB Watch as a stand-alone tool or an add-in. Profile, Debug and Protect outside the VB IDE.

Console automates instrumentation of one or more projects. Supports batch processing. (Enterprise Edition)

Profiler enhancements

• Graphs: View timings and execution counts in bar and pie graphs.
• Flow chart: view timings and execution counts in call tree format.
• View source with profiling results as color-coded HTML. Printable.
• More robust profiling for long sessions (.pfd file allows 5x more data in 2 GB limit).
• Print results. No need to export for printing.
• Ignore specific code lines with filters. Define critical code and view coverage results separately.
• Enhanced support for project groups (vbg) , IIS projects and "Retained in memory" projects.
• Generate HTML/CHM reports with charts and source code. (Enterprise Edition)
• Export full data to Excel for deeper analysis or macro processing. (Enterprise Edition)
• Rename and join sessions.
  

Protector enhancements

• Better error reports: Screenshot dump, data encryption, file zip.
• Option for user to "Always ignore" a run-time error.
• Option for end-users to gracefully collapse the call stack, canceling the failed job but restarting from a no error state.
• Protect projects that have no user interface (redistributable is .dll instead of .ocx). Protect IIS projects.
• No need to distribute .obj file any more.
• Define multiple addresses as recipients of error reports.
• Auto-increment version number of original project.

Debugger completely redesigned with enhancements (Enterprise Edition)

• Monitor public variables.
• Monitor memory use.
• Remote debugging at client site via TCP/IP.
• Source code pane to track execution and set breakpoints at runtime.
  

Other enhancements

• Select modules and procedures to instrument.
• Destination folder control. Produce instrumented project in any folder.
• Execute default action after compilation.
• Improved user interface and inline help.
• Better integration with VB IDE. View selected source location in VB from Profiler, Protector and Debugger.