Third Party Testing/Debugging Application?

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I have a data collection application that has a tendency to lock up
occasionally for unknown reasons (I'm pretty confident I am not updating UI
from another thread). Of course, when I use the application it works fine,
but the clients are reporting occasional lockups. Does anyone have a
recomendation for some software that would simulate large amounts of data
entry and log the keystrokes so I could pinpoint where/why the application
locks up?

I would also listen to any advice regarding suggestions on debugging this
particular situation in case I am "barking up the wrong tree"!

Thanks

Mike
 
I don't think that this kind of software exists yet.
What do you mean by "large amounts of data entry"?

Do you allocated a lot small objects?

What do you mean by the "lockup"? Does the app. temporarily locks up?

One of the most effective ways to troubleshoot this kind of problems is by
putting tracing and logging statements in the application and see which
action(s) cause the problem.
 
hmm, thanks Alex. I did find one sort of app that I am still looking into
but might help?

(http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/testsuite/index.html?en)

In regards to your questions.

a.) I might of exagerated the "large amounts of data" statment, but the
users are collecting scientific information and are probably making 400
entries/day. But, this is adding it to a database that is probably 5000-6000
records large at this point (using pocket access and inthehand)

b.) By "lockup", I mean the application completely freezes requiring a soft
reset and thus some loss of data (this is the biggest concern!). This seems
to happen at a seemingly random spot in the application and is thus very hard
to debug.

c.) Not exaxtly sure what you mean about allocating a lot of small objects,
but it is a multi form applicaiton. The form that locks up has a lot of
controls and is doing a fair bit of things behind the scenes if that's what
you mean. Think that could be causing it?

Basically, I dont know what sort of things to look for as culprits for
applications that lock up or freeze besides the obvious one of updateing the
UI from a seperate thread. I have scoured my code to ensure that I'm not
doing that so I dont think that is it. Are there any other usual culprits
you are aware of?

Thanks!
 
Hey Mike....
I have a simialr application on WinCe written in win32 . Its given me this
kinda lockup prblem u had written about. Did u get any clue about what the
problem was.
Will be gr8 help, if u can provide me with some pointer in this direction
 
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