API Trace & Retrace


= Copyright =

Copyright 2011 Jose Fonseca, Zack Rusin
Copyright 2008-2010 VMware, Inc.
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= About =

This includes a set of tools for:
- trace OpenGL, D3D8, and D3D9 APIs calls to a file;
- retrace OpenGL calls from a file;
- visualize trace files, and inspect state.


= Status =

* It has not been tested with many applications. Bugs in less used features may
  cause application crashes.
* Direct3D 8 support is currently broken.
* No Direct3D retrace support


= Building from source =

Requirements common for all platforms:
* Python (requires version 2.6)
* CMake (tested with version 2.8)

Requirements to build the GUI (optional):
* Qt (tested with version 4.7)
* QJSON (tested with version 0.7.1)


== Linux ==

Build as:

 cmake -H. -Bbuild
 make -C build


== Windows ==

Requirements:

* Microsoft Visual Studio (tested with 2008 version) or MinGW (tested with gcc version 4.4)

* Microsoft DirectX SDK (tested with August 2007 release)

To build with Visual Studio invoke CMake as:

 cmake -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" -H. -Bbuild
 cmake --build build --config MinSizeRel
 
It's also possible to build on Linux with MinGW cross compilers.  See
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CmakeMingw for detailed instructions.


= Usage =


== Linux ==

* Run the application you want to trace as

 LD_PRELOAD=/path/to/glxtrace.so /path/to/application

* View the trace with

 /path/to/dump application.trace

* Replay the trace with

 /path/to/glretrace application.trace


== Windows ==

* Copy opengl32.dll, d3d8.dll, or d3d9.dll from build/wrappers directory to the
  directory with the application you want to trace.

* Run the application.

* View the trace with

 /path/to/dump application.trace

* Replay the trace with

 /path/to/glretrace application.trace


= Links =

* http://jrfonseca.blogspot.com/2008/07/tracing-d3d-applications.html


== Direct3D ==

 * [http://www.mikoweb.eu/index.php?node=21 Proxy DLL]
   * [http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/g-m/directx/directx8/article.php/c11453/ Intercept Calls to DirectX with a Proxy DLL]
 * [http://doc.51windows.net/Directx9_SDK/?url=/directx9_sdk/graphics/programmingguide/TutorialsAndSamplesAndToolsAndTips/Tools/D3DSpy.htm D3DSpy]
 * [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee417062.aspx PIX]


== OpenGL ==

 * [http://www.opengl.org/sdk/tools/BuGLe/ BuGLe]
 * [http://glintercept.nutty.org/ GLIntercept]
 * [http://www.gremedy.com/products.php gDEBugger]