The Windows CE Remote Heap Walker (ceheapwk.exe) displays detailed information about heap identifiers and processes flags that are running on the device. Use Heap Walker to determine if an application is releasing all the memory it allocates.
The following screen shot shows the Heap Walker Process List window.
The following table shows the Heap Walker Process List column headings.
| Column heading | Description |
|---|---|
| Heap ID | A hex representation of a specific heap within a specified process. |
| Process | A hex representation of a specific process identifier. |
| Process ID | The user-friendly name for the process. |
| Flag | The name of the flag associated with a specific heap. All processes start with at least one heap. HF32_DEFAULT refers to the default heap for the specified process. |
Because a process can have multiple heaps, there may be several heap identifiers for each process identifier. Even though a single heap identifier may correspond to several different listings in the Process ID column, each listing in the Heap ID column represents a specific heap in a process.
You can save the contents of the Memory Dump window, the Process List window, or the Heap List window in a text file, as shown in the following procedure.
To save the contents of a Heap Walker windowDouble-click a heap identifier to download and view the Heap List window for a selected process. The desktop computer then downloads the heap list for the selected process.
The following screen shot shows the Heap List window.
The following table shows the Heap List column headings.
| Column heading | Description |
|---|---|
| Address | The address of the memory object. |
| Block Size | The size, in bytes, of the memory block. |
| Flags | The Fixed flag means the object is not movable or discardable; the Free flag means the object is discardable. These terms apply to a block within a heap. |
Select a memory address within the heap to download and view the Memory Dump window for the selected process identifier. The following screen shot shows the Memory Dump window.
Note Choose Cascade or Tile on the Windows menu to display all the Heap Walker windows.
The following table shows the Heap Walker Process ID columns.
| Column heading | Description |
|---|---|
| Address | Memory address of the heap |
| Hex | Hex representation of the contents of the heap |
| ASCII | ASCII representation of the contents of the heap |