Profiling Tools APIs
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
Note
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You can insert managed or native methods of the APIs of the Visual Studio Profiling Tools to control data collection in a profiling run. This section describes the methods of the APIs and describes how to use them.
In this section
Visual Studio Profiler API Reference (Native)
Describes the C++ Profiling Tools methods.
Describes the .NET Profiling Tools methods.
Walkthrough: Using Profiler APIs
Learn how to use the .NET Profiling Tools methods in this complete example.