Progress Profiler

There is a capability built in to ABL to provide run-time execution detail on a program. It collects execution times on blocks of code so that one can evaluate performance. It returns:

• Line numbers.
• Number of repetitions.
• Average time.
• Cumulative time.

It can be used by:

• -profile run time parameter. Profiles whole session, but does not require modifying code.
• A GUI tool which can be found at http://communities.progress.com/pcom/docs/DOC-2808 or in $DLC/src/samples/profiler depending on the installation options chosen.
• The built-in profiler object which allows selective execution on selected blocks of code, but does require modifying the code. This is documented in a Knowledgebase entry at http://knowledgebase.progress.com/articles/Article/19495?q=profiler+hand...

A presentation on the use of the profiler can be found at http://dbappraise.com/ppt/profiler.pptx

Use COMPILE DEBUG-LIST for correct line numbers.