Summary Panel

When you have profiled your application, ANTS Profiler displays the results in the main window.

The Summary panel provides details about the application, the computer that was used to profile the application, and when the profiling occurred. The Summary panel also shows you which are the slowest parts of the application.

The following information is shown:

Application is the name of the executable file
Application type is the type of application: .NET desktop application, ASP.NET web application, Windows service, or COM+ server application
Executable is the full path of the executable file
.NET Framework version is the version of the .NET Framework runtime the profiled application is using: 1.1 or 2.0
Thread is the name of the thread for which summary information is displayed; for information about how you view results for other threads in the application, see Results Panel.
Architecture is the architecture of the computer that hosted the application: x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit)
Methods profiled is the methods that were profiled: only .NET methods that have source code, all .NET methods, or .NET methods that start with (custom filter)
Number of methods profiled is the number of methods that were profiled
Profiling started is the date and time when ANTS Profiler started profiling
Results generated is the date and time when the profiling results were generated
Machine name is the name of the computer that profiled the application

Slowest lines of code

For detailed mode only, shows the 10 slowest lines of code in the application, the name of the source file (if available), the method name, and the total time in seconds spent executing that line of code.

Click a line to display its source code in the Source code panel.

Slowest methods

Shows the 10 slowest methods in the application, the name of the source file (if available), and the time in seconds spent executing that method, excluding the time spent executing child methods.

Click a method to display its source code in the Source code panel.

Slowest methods with children

Shows the 10 slowest methods in the application, the name of the source file (if available), and the time in seconds spent executing that method, including the time spent executing child methods.

Click a method to display its source code in the Source code panel.