COMMAND LINE SUPPORT


Next generation CDFControl


CDFControl can be scripted, and configured to run via command line. Use the syntax provided in the screenshot above for command line usage. This information can be displayed by running CDFControl /? via command line.

Examples:

Starting a trace:
CDFControl -start -guids c:\guids.ctl

The guids.ctl file is simply a text file, containing the GUID of each provider to trace. Place each GUID in its own line like below:

Next generation CDFControl


Parsing a trace:
CDFControl -decode -tmf c:\LocalTmfCache\ -o c:\ParsedTrace.csv

The output file must be a .csv file.

Stopping a trace:
CDFControl -stop


Cleaning up associated CDFControl files and registry entries (usually done before deleting CDFControl):
CDFControl -cleanup