Enriching error objects with info for administator/developer Cancel

1. Carl Verbiest

   

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   Is there a way to add information to an error object that relevant to an application administrator / developer in a way that is not immediately shown to the enduser ?
   
   It could be shown in the call stack part of the message dialog.
   
   Use case : I created a FileNotFoundException and want to add current directory and propath info.
   
   I tried AddMessage to add additional messages but these are all shown directly to the enduser.
   
   I thought of some options
   
   

   • * modify the message dialog to only show the first message by default and add a button to display the extra info
   • * prefix the extra messages with "DEVINFO:" and move messages matching that pattern to the call stack part
   • * add an extra interface IHasAdminInistratorInfo or IExtraCallStackInfo to the error object and have the dialog detect and use that interface.

   If possible I'd like to use some prescribed way. I guess the last option is the cleanest one.
   Is this something that could be added to the framework or should we create our own dialog to achieve this ?
   

   Last modified on 21 Jan 2021 12:01 by Carl Verbiest
2. Mike Fechner

   

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   21 Jan 2021 in reply to Carl Verbiest

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   i would not (ab)use the messages or the stack-trace for this.
   
   I would go with additional properties in your custom error class. Especially for really structured info like the "current directory".
   
   I believe you have customized the error message dialog - our error message dialog allows to show all (custom) properties of the currently shown error in a child dialog. It would certainly possible to show them in a similar way directly in the initial message dialog. 
   
   PROPATH and other session relevant info is by default part of the Consultingwerk.Exceptions.Exception class (the SystemInfo).
   
3. Carl Verbiest

   

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   We use the "out-of-the-box" error message dialog, but with extra custom buttons.
   I'll try the extra properties approach
   
4. Carl Verbiest

   

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   Custom property works fine, see screenshot
   
   Thanks
5. Mike Fechner

   

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   :-)
6. Carl Verbiest

   

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   Any chance you'd make that property grid read-only editable so that we could copy values out of it ?
   I'd rather stick to using the default dialog.
   
7. Mike Fechner

   

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   It's a tree view - not a grid. 
   
   If you log an enhancement request, we can investigate.