The Sampling profiler polls the profiled application at preset time intervals and determines which routine or source line is being executed at the moment. It provides a quick way to find performance bottlenecks and issues in unmanaged applications.

About the Profiler
Profiler Overview
Column Reference
Report Panel Routines Category Modules Category Source Files Category	Details Panel Details Panel Columns
About Profiler Results
Sampling Profiler Results - Overview Profiler Toolbar Items	Routines Category Modules Category Source Files Category
Working With Results
About the Report Panel Comparing Results Merging Results More ...	Sorting Results Grouping Results Adding and Removing Columns
Related Topics of Interest
General Approach to Estimating Application Performance Measure the Total Time Spent Executing a Method (Excluding Child Methods) Find What Source Code Lines Take Up the Most or the Least Execution Time Find Methods That Are Called the Most or the Least Often Trace Executed Functions

Sampling Profiler Results - Reference

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