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<title>TraceViewer overview</title>
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<h2>TraceViewer overview</h2>
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<p>TraceViewer is a tool for tracing a target device in the Carbide.c++ 
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Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The target device can be 
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connected to the PC through USB.</p>
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<p>TraceViewer is useful for developers or testers in obtaining and analyzing, for example,
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component-specific data during a test case. With this tool, you can manipulate
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and filter the received traces in various ways to pin-point the relevant information
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that affects your components. In addition, the tool enables you to define
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exactly what type of trace data you want to activate and receive.</p>
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<p>TraceViewer supports the Open System Trace (OST) trace format for data transfer. 
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The OST solution includes the following features: </p>
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<ul>
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	<li>Sending traces from device to tool</li>
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	<li>Activating traces from tool</li>
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	<li>Standardized AND custom trace formats</li>
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	<li>Decoding and analyzing of traces in tools</li>
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	<li>Recording traces in log files</li>
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</ul>
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<p><img src="images/ost_standard.png" alt="An overview of OST standard"></p>
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<h5>Related concepts</h5>
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<ul>
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	<li><a href="../concepts/tracing.htm">Tracing</a></li>
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	<li><a href="../concepts/trace_format.htm">Open System Trace (OST)</a></li>
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	<li><a href="../concepts/decode_file.htm">Dictionary file and trace activation</a></li>
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</ul>
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<div id="footer">Copyright &copy; 2007-2010 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). All rights reserved. 
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License: <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html">http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html</a>.</div>
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</body>
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