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desslok
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| Thanks. Very useful. |
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namsupo
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| You could always wrap your own exception handler and write out the minidump file yourself. |
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nikos
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i sure could but that's not the point! I would have to send out separate special debug builds....
how large is a minidump? |
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namsupo
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It varies but they're not that big (usually only a few meg at most).
Put an exception handler round the whole program with SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, and then if you crash write the minidump out to a file in %TEMP%. Then the user can send it to you or not - at least they have it there waiting for them. |
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nikos
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| well you see that a few meg is much harder to email than a few KB that's dr watson report! |
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namsupo
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These days a few meg isn't really a problem for most people, and a minidump is a LOT more useful  |
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ZoNi
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I have never understand why Sherlock... uhm, dr. Watson need to be on my PC! 
That is why I always removed it with nLite
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nikos
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:24 am Post subject: |
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| so now you see how developers need it to troubleshoot problems on your computer! |
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fuxs
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The guys'n'dolls at Opera Software recommend Inspector IIXII to catch own crashes and freezes instead of Dottore Watson (which also can't do the latter).
Works with any program though, as it has to be registerd as debugger just like Nikos described it for Dr. Watson. I did not bother to compare their outputs yet as I happen to see very few crashes...
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