Generate Crash Reports using C#

Generate Crash Reports

These code snippets are designed to handle an exception and generate a crash report when an error occurs.

Here are the detailed steps of the example:

1. The try block contains code that might produce an error. In this case, it deliberately throws a new exception with the message “message” and an inner exception with the message “inner message”. The inner exception provides more context about the cause of the error.

2. Catch Block. When an exception is thrown in the try block, the catch block catches it as an Exception object (ex). Inside the catch block, the PdfException.GenerateCrashReport() method is called. This method is responsible for generating a crash report. The CrashReportOptions object is initialized with the caught exception (ex) and passed to the GenerateCrashReport method as a parameter.

3. Error Handling. It catches exceptions that may occur during the execution of the code.

4. Crash Report Generation. When an error occurs, it automatically creates a crash report that can be used to debug or diagnose the problem later.

Basic workflow:

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void GenerateCrashReportExample()
{
    try
    {
        // some code
        // ....

        // Simulate an exception with an inner exception
        throw new Exception("message", new Exception("inner message"));
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        // Generate a crash report using PdfException
        Aspose.Pdf.PdfException.GenerateCrashReport(new Aspose.Pdf.CrashReportOptions(ex));
    }
}

Set a directory where crash report will be generated:

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void GenerateCrashReportInCustomDirectory()
{
    try
    {
        // some code
        // ...

        // Simulate an exception with an inner exception
        throw new Exception("message", new Exception("inner message"));
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        // Create crash report options
        var options = new Aspose.Pdf.CrashReportOptions(ex);

        // Set custom crash report directory
        options.CrashReportDirectory = @"C:\Temp";

        // Generate a crash report using PdfException
        Aspose.Pdf.PdfException.GenerateCrashReport(options);
    }
}

Set your own crash report name:

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void GenerateCrashReportWithCustomFilename()
{
    try
    {
        // some code
        // ...

        // Simulate an exception with an inner exception
        throw new Exception("message", new Exception("inner message"));
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        // Create crash report options
        var options = new Aspose.Pdf.CrashReportOptions(ex);

        // Set custom crash report filename
        options.CrashReportFilename = "custom_crash_report_name.html";

        // Generate a crash report using PdfException
        Aspose.Pdf.PdfException.GenerateCrashReport(options);
    }
}

Provide additional information about exceptional circumstances in the CustomMessage field:

// For complete examples and data files, visit https://github.com/aspose-pdf/Aspose.PDF-for-.NET
private static void GenerateCrashReportWithCustomMessage()
{
    try
    {
        // some code
        // ...

        // Simulate an exception with an inner exception
        throw new Exception("message", new Exception("inner message"));
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        // Create crash report options
        var options = new Aspose.Pdf.CrashReportOptions(ex);

        // Set custom message for the crash report
        options.CustomMessage = "Exception occurred while processing PDF files with XFA formatted forms";

        // Generate a crash report using PdfException
        Aspose.Pdf.PdfException.GenerateCrashReport(options);
    }
}