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Choosing what to save in iTrace files

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Choosing what to save in iTrace files

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- [Instructor] We can choose the kinds of IntelliTrace data to collect. The more details IntelliTrace collects in each Trace file, the more options we have during the historic debug session. We can modify the IntelliTrace collections in the Visual Studio settings dialog. There are three options. The top one, IntelliTrace events only, is the default. What does that mean? By default, IntelliTrace records only IntelliTrace events, which are debugger events, exceptions, .NET framework events, and other system events that can help you with debugging. With option one, IntelliTrace will always record events that happen in the Visual Studio debugger. For example, starting your application with the debugger attached is logged. When you hit a breakpoint, that is also logged. With option one, a limited set of data is saved when debugging. Here are some examples of what is recorded. The values that are shown in the locals window.…

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