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Andrew
Andrew

Reputation:

Print n levels of callstack?

Using C++ with Visual Studio, I was wondering if there's an API that will print the callstack for me. Preferably, I'd like to print a callstack 5 levels deep. Does windows provide a simple API to allow me to do this?

Upvotes: 12

Views: 18705

Answers (4)

RED SOFT ADAIR
RED SOFT ADAIR

Reputation: 12238

There is a number of ways to do this.

See How to Log Stack Frames with Windows x64

In my opinion, the simplest and as well the most reliable way is the Win32 API function:

USHORT WINAPI CaptureStackBackTrace(
     __in       ULONG FramesToSkip,
     __in       ULONG FramesToCapture,
     __out      PVOID *BackTrace,
     __out_opt  PULONG BackTraceHash
);

This FramesToCapture parameter, determines the maximum call stack depth returned.

Upvotes: 5

T.E.D.
T.E.D.

Reputation: 44814

I believe you can get that out of their debugger API (dbghelp).

Upvotes: 1

steve
steve

Reputation: 6020

Have a look at the Stackwalk and Stackwalk64 API of the DbgHelp API.

Upvotes: 1

bcat
bcat

Reputation: 8941

It looks like Microsoft's DbgHelp library can do what you want. Consult the StackWalk64 function's documentation on MSDN for more information. Also, this CodeProject article may be useful.

Upvotes: 10

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