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Using ASP.NET Trace to Explore Web Pages



One can use trace to explore resource usage on each page, and diagnose problems.

Enabling and configuring trace facility:
          Trace facility can be enabled in web.config. It can be also enabled via ASP.NET Web Site Configuration tool.

Following are the ASP.Net trace settings:

Web Site Administration Tool Setting
Web.config
Description
Capture Tracing information
Enabled
Enables tracing.
Display tracing information on individual pages
pageOutput
Displays trace info directly on web page.
Display trace output for
localOnly
If true trace info for only local requests will generated. If false trace info for all requests will be generated.
Select the sort order for trace results
traceMode
By Category or time
Number of trace requests to cache
requestLimit
Sets the quantity of items to hold in the cache.
Select which trace results to cache
mostRecent
Retain the latest or old trace results to meet request Limit.
To enable trace facility in web.config user the following element:
<trace
          enabled = “true”
          requestLimit = “10”
          pageOutput = “false”
          traceMode = “SortByTime”
          localOnly = “true”
          mostRecent = “true”
/>
Viewing the trace data:
          To view the trace output if pageOutput=”false”, navigate to trace.axd.
http://server/application/trace.axd which displays cached results. Note for security one must set pageOutput=”false”.

Trace Results are categorized in to the following sections.

Trace Result Section
Description
Request Details
General details about the request.
Trace Information
Performance info relating page cycles, like request start time & end time.
Control Tree
Displays control info in hierarchy like size.
Session State
All Session variables and their values.
Application State
All application variables and their states.
Request Cookies collection
Cookie list passed to server.
Response Cookies collection
Cookie list passed to the browser.
Header Collection
HTTP Headers sent to the server.
Form Collection
Values that are posted back to the server.
QueryString Collection
Displays Key/value pair of the collection.
Server Variables
Displays all server variables.

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