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26 Jan 2012CPOL 15.4K   1   6
For Visual Studio IDE we can detect leaks by using CRT debugger functions#define _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC#include #include void main(){ // ...... // ...... _CrtDumpMemoryLeaks();}This will dump leaks if any to the Output window. Check this link :...
For Visual Studio IDE we can detect leaks by using CRT debugger functions

C++
#define _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <crtdbg.h>

void main()
{
   // ...... 
  // ......

  _CrtDumpMemoryLeaks();
}</crtdbg.h></stdlib.h>


This will dump leaks if any to the Output window. Check this link : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e5ewb1h3(v=vs.80).aspx[^]

Any way this seems to a nice tool. I will try it for sure. My 5

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Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralMy vote of 1 Pin
Sivaraman Dhamodharan30-Jan-13 19:37
Sivaraman Dhamodharan30-Jan-13 19:37 
GeneralRe: My vote of 1 Pin
Lakamraju Raghuram31-Jan-13 1:08
Lakamraju Raghuram31-Jan-13 1:08 
GeneralSorry. I am not convinced. Memory leak detection should be d... Pin
Lakamraju Raghuram27-Jan-12 2:14
Lakamraju Raghuram27-Jan-12 2:14 
GeneralWill there be any additional leaks in release mode compared ... Pin
Lakamraju Raghuram26-Jan-12 22:21
Lakamraju Raghuram26-Jan-12 22:21 
GeneralRe: But you can't check the memory leaks of a release builds wit... Pin
Octopod26-Jan-12 23:08
Octopod26-Jan-12 23:08 
GeneralReason for my vote of 2 Thank you for this hint for who don'... Pin
Octopod26-Jan-12 21:56
Octopod26-Jan-12 21:56 

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