Profiling Tools APIs

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You can insert managed or native methods of the APIs of the Visual Studio Profiling Tools to control data collection in a profiling run. This section describes the methods of the APIs and describes how to use them.

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Visual Studio Profiler API Reference (Native)

Describes the C++ Profiling Tools methods.

Profiler

Describes the .NET Profiling Tools methods.

Walkthrough: Using Profiler APIs

Learn how to use the .NET Profiling Tools methods in this complete example.

Control data collection

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