dottrace async await support is not working - async-await

Jetbrains's dottrace should have profiling support for async/await.
But I cannot get it to show me the expected results (I have no "await" and "continuation" nodes in the timelineviewer call stack).
I tried profiling with the following program types:
.NET framework (4.7) console program,
.NET framework (4.7) windows program,
.NET core (>2.2) console,
.NET core (>2.2)windows program,
.NET core (3.0) wpf
Is this only not working for me ? Because I cannot find anything on the internet
or is this officially currently not working anymore ?
My only reference to possible explaination is for console applications:
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/DTRC-26464
Something about :
AsyncCausalityTracer.LoggingOn being false and some ETW provider.
But for me this is not working, for all type of applications
My current version of jetbrains software is :
Resharper Ultimate 2019.2.3 (dottrace 2019.2)
--- EDIT 2019/11/01:
When clicking on events I get (I would expect also TPL events ???):
--- EDIT 2019/11/06:
As a result of a comment in answer from Konkat info link, I also tried :
.NET core 2.0 console application
=> dottrace async support also does not work

Is the "Collect TPL events" option enabled in your configuration?

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I'm trying to debug some CPU issues caused by a .NET 4.6 MVC5 application by analyzing a dump created by DebugDiag 2.1.0.7. I'm finding even after loading custom .pdb symbols I'm still not getting stacktrack information in the generated report:
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Xamarin & Visual Studio, Windows Phone & ASP.NET: Is a true single class library possible?

I've currently built a service layer and API which I'm consuming from an ASP.NET website, Windows Phone app, and a Windows 8 metro app - the key to all of them being a project containing model classes which is a portable class library project, and is shared as a reference between all of them. This architecture works fine and without any issues.
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When I first added a reference to my model class library to my Xamarin.iOS project (in Visual Studio), I was greeted by the error:
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Strange - as I thought this would be a scenario that would be supported. I found a post here which suggested a fix that forced Visual Studio to detec the Monotouch (Xamarin) framework as supporting Portable Library Projects. Seemed to be exactly what I needed - but no. When I added the reference again, I was greeted by a different error:
'The current project's target framework is not compatible with that of the Portable Library project'.
And it suggests I change the target framework in the project properties. Except I can't, as the Xamarin iOS project needs to support Monotouch (and I can't change it to anything else from the GUI anyway). So I tried to change the model library's properties instead - maybe I can do something there. And it looked like I could. I can check Monotouch (Xamarin) as a supported platform here (where Windows phone, Windows store, etc are already checked), but it won't let me save. It just shows the message:
'There is no additional functionality that is supported by the target frameworks you have selected'
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http://docs.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/application_fundamentals/building_cross_platform_applications/sharing_code_options
So is this the only option? Or is there any way to have a true single class (model) library across all platforms, including Microsoft and Xamarin?
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This situation is changing 'very soon' now with Xamarin adopting full PCL support - see http://slodge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-future-is-portable.html and listen to http://hanselminutes.com/362/ios-and-android-apps-with-xamarin-studio-20-and-miguel-de-icaza
I personally deliver MvvmCross (and a lot of apps that use MvvmCross) using PCLs - and have done for the last 6 months - but there is some setup pain involved in this currently. For some info see my blog:
http://slodge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/cross-platform-winrt-monodroid.html
http://slodge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/xamarinios-with-mvvmcross-in-vs2012.html
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How can i integrate Sqlite or any other Database with windows 7 phonegap?

I am new to windows 7 phonegap. i want to store and retrieve data using native application.I don't know how to store and display the retrieved data from native to phonegap(HTML)page.
Doesn't that mean that phonegap supports web sql database support on
all platforms(WP7 in specific). Are there any plugins to support
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output window. should i use alternative api's for WP7?
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Ok, Im late with my answer, but I have an answer to the question:
PhoneGap supports Sqlite, no question. But Windows Phone doesn't Support Sqlite, so that Phonegap exclude the "Web SQL Storage" Interface for Windows platforms (see supported platforms in Phonegap API documentation online).
There is a Little bit uncommon way to reach the Goal. You can use a sqlite implementation from codeplex to Support sqlite with your Windows mobiles:
http://sqlitewindowsphone.codeplex.com/releases
I did'nt tested with Phonegap, so I cant't give a guarantee of that, but it looks fine for me.
Have a look at this:
Phonegap Storage (provides access to the devices storage options)
To see console.log messages in visual studio's output window:
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.addEventListener("deviceready",onDeviceReady,false);
// called when device ready event fires
function onDeviceReady()
{
console.log("You should see this message in Visual Studio's output window.");
}
</script>
As answered by Timo Rehl, you can use an sqlite implementation from codeplex to implement the sqlite component and then create a PhoneGap plugin on top of it.
As a matter of fact, I've developed such a plugin (for cordova 3) that enables you to use Web SQL Database on Windows Phone (7 and 8) as if it was natively implemented : https://github.com/Smile-SA/cordova-plugin-websqldatabase.
A prototype using this plugin is available at https://github.com/Smile-SA/cordova-plugin-websqldatabase-proto.
This plugin uses a forked version (to solve some bugs) of the sqlite implementation from codeplex. The fork is available in the same github repository.

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