ControllerStartTracing Method

Starts CPU tracing.

Namespace: YourKit.Profiler.Api
Assembly: YourKit.Profiler.Api (in YourKit.Profiler.Api.dll) Version: 2025.3.143

Syntax

C++

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public void StartTracing(
	CpuProfilingSettings settings
)

Public Sub StartTracing ( 
	settings As CpuProfilingSettings
)

public:
void StartTracing(
	CpuProfilingSettings^ settings
)

member StartTracing : 
        settings : CpuProfilingSettings -> unit

Parameters

settings: Type: YourKit.Profiler.ApiCpuProfilingSettings
CPU tracing settings.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
Exception	If CPU profiling cannot be started. Possible reasons: CPU tracing has been disabled for the profiled application the profiled application has terminated I/O error

Remarks

When tracing is used, the profiler intercepts method invocations of the profiled application for recording time spent inside each profiled method. Both times and invocation counts are available.

If CPU profiling is already running, it will reset and start anew.

Reference

Controller Class

YourKit.Profiler.Api Namespace

StopCpuProfiling

CapturePerformanceSnapshot

ControllerAddLanguageSpecificTextSet("LSTFC5865B9_0?cpp=::|nu=.");StartTracing Method

Parameters

Reference

ControllerStartTracing Method