Sometimes you may need to display or print an input string that contains binary characters.  The following function replaces all binary characters in a string with a blank.  You can easily modify this method to remove other undesirable characters (such as high-ASCII) if needed.

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NP .NET Profiler Tool is designed to assist in troubleshooting issues such as slow performance, memory related issues, and first chance exceptions in any .NET process.  The tool has the following features:

• XCopy deployable: no install or reboot required
• Supports all types of .NET applications
• Generates true callstacks for exceptions, memory allocations, and function calls
• Can monitor a specific namespace to reduce overhead and generate a smaller output file
• Memory profiler reports total number of objects allocated per function
• Custom reports using SQL-like queries
• Wizard-based UI
• Supports all versions of .NET (1.0 , 1.1, 2.0 and 3.5)
• Supports all platforms (x86, x64 and IA64)
• Supports all OSes (Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2008 and Vista)
• Support virtual machines

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Want insight into the design and development of C#?  Then check out these blogs by key members of the Microsoft C# development team:

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