Docs about "Debug settings.xml" for Indesign Server

Hi,
In the "Indesign Server Debug" CS5.5 I found a file "Debug Settings.xml" (also in the desktop version). I suppose this is about enabling/disabling certain loggings. Default, all features are disabled. I tried to enable some of the features but I can't see any difference in the logging.
So, I have 3 questions:
- Is this somewhere documented on what this settings do? What can I expect if I enable a certain feature?
- In the desktop debug version there is a menu "Test" with many diagnostic and other tests. Can these somehow being performed in IndesignServer debug? Is this documented somewhere?
- I followed the steps described in this thread: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/883151 to obtain a "Leaks.txt" file. The approach described in that thread works in the desktopversion of Indesign but not for IndesignServer. Any ideas how I can obtain this for IndesignServer?
Thanks in advance for any input.
Bart Devos.

The only strategy that I can think of involves a lot of pain.
First you should remove all but the plugin that you're working on. The point of this is to check there might be some other plugin that is leaking. No point trying to fix a problem when it's not in your code.
Once you verify that nothing is leaking without your plugin, use Dolly to create a simple plugin and add it. Check this for leaks. This is to create a base system that we can be confident doesn't leak.
Now comes the painful stuff. Slowly add a piece of your code at a time being sure to test your changes.(That's important, don't just add code but test it throughly to see if you trigger leaks.)
When leaks appear, go through what you just added and start commenting things out. Hopefully you'll get to a line that you can comment and uncomment to make the leak appear and dissappear.
But be careful. Sometimes the leak isn't in the line that you find, but at least you're probably in the ballpark. This should help narrow your focus to where you need to look.
Once you fix that leak kept slowly adding the rest of the code, testing as you go. Who knows, maybe there's more than one leak.
It's not the prettiest approach but I find that it works.

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