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<h2>Setting Tracing Options </h2>
<p>Use the <b>Tracing</b> options menu in the Profiler to specify the types of
tracing data to collect when profiling an application executing on a device.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="images/TracingOptionsList.png"> <img
src="images/TracingOptionsList2.png"></p>
<p class="figure">Figure 1. Tracing options screen in Profiler (S60)</p>
<p>The tracing options include:</p>
<h5>Table 1. <span class="figure">Profiler Tracing Options</span></h5>
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<th width="226" scope="col">Menu Option </th>
<th width="616" scope="col">Description</th>
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<td><b>Dynamic binary support</b></td>
<td><p>Enable (On) or disable (Off) dynamic binary tracing in your
profiling task. </p>
<p>If the executables you wish to analyze are not in a ROM image
(.symbol file) of your target device, then you will need to turn on
Dynamic binary support.</p>
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<td><b>Function call capture </b></td>
<td>Enable (On) or disable (Off) function call information in your
profiling task. If disabled, then <a
href="../analyzer/function_calls.htm">Function call</a> information
will not appear in the Analyzer.</td>
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<td><b>Button press capture </b></td>
<td>Enable (On) or disable (Off) the gathering of button press
information in your profiling task. If disabled, then Button Press
information will not appear in the Analyzer.</td>
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<td><b>Memory usage capture </b></td>
<td>Enable (On) or disable (Off) memory usage information in your
profiling task. If disabled, then Memory usage information will not
appear in the Analyzer.</td>
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<td><b>Thread priority capture </b></td>
<td><p>Enable (On) or disable (Off) Thread priority information. If
enabled, captured data will include the time and priority ranking of
the currently executing thread when the operating system is called.</p>
<p>If disabled, then thread priority information is not included and a
Priority List column will not be shown in the <a
href="../analyzer/thread_load.htm">Thread Load</a> table in the
Analyzer.</p>
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<td><b>Power usage capture </b></td>
<td><p>Enable (On) or disable (Off) power usage information in your
profiling task. If disabled, then Power usage information will not
appear in the Analyzer.</p>
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<h4>Setting a Tracing Option</h4>
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<li>Launch the Profiler application on the target device </li>
<li>Open the Profiler options screen: </li>
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<li>Select the Tracing menu</li>
<li>Set the desired option on or off</li>
<li>Exit the screen</li>
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<h5>Related references </h5>
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<li><a href="prof_using.htm">Using the Profiler</a></li>
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<h5>Related tasks</h5>
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<li><a href="advanced_options.htm">Setting Advanced Options</a></li>
<li><a href="output_settings.htm">Setting Output Settings </a> </li>
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