Setting Up the Profiling Environment

There are a few utilities that assist the profiler. You must place APF32CVT.EXE and APF32DMP.EXE in the path of the measurement computer. You use apf32cvt to prepare the application for profiling. You also use apf32cvt again after profiling, to restore the application to its original state.

The apf32dmp utility is used to collect the profiling data during and after the profiling run.

The following DLLs are required and must also be placed somewhere on the operating system's path:

• ZDVAPI32.DLL, the profiling DLL for ADVAPI32.DLL
• ZERNAL.DLL, the profiling DLL for KERNAL32.DLL
• ZDI32.DLL, the profiling DLL for GDI32.DLL
• ZSER32.DLL, the profiling DLL for USER32.DLL
• ZRTDLL.DLL, the profiling DLL for CRTDLL.DLL
• FASTIMER.DLL, the timing DLL