Small and easy bug report system

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Introduction

A small bug tracking system, easy to implement and efficient.

Background

The system uses a PHP file and a SQLite database on a remote server to read and write errors captured.

Using the Code

To send an error, you simply have to make a POST request to the file bugs.php, specifying the parameters "program", "error", and "text". For example, to send all the non captured Exceptions in a program, you could do something like this:

[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

    Application.ThreadException +=
      new
System.Threading.ThreadExceptionEventHandler(Application_ThreadException);
    AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException +=
      new UnhandledExceptionEventHandler(CurrentDomain_UnhandledException);

    Application.Run(new Form1());
}

static void Application_ThreadException(object sender,
            System.Threading.ThreadExceptionEventArgs e) {
    SendException(e.Exception);
}

static void CurrentDomain_UnhandledException(object sender,
                          UnhandledExceptionEventArgs e) {
    SendException((Exception)e.ExceptionObject);
}

static void SendException(Exception error) {
    System.Net.WebClient webclient = new System.Net.WebClient();
    System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection postData =
               new System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection(5);

    postData.Add("program", "Example version " +
                 Application.ProductVersion);
    postData.Add("error", error.GetType().Name);
    postData.Add("text", error.ToString());

    webclient.UploadValues(new
Uri("http://www.example.com/bugs.php"), postData); }

To know the errors that have been sent, you can access them easily through any RSS reader, which allows viewing in a short time, and easily and conveniently. For example, if your PHP file is in www.example.com/bugs.php, you can add that URL to your favorite feed reader to keep informed of the errors that occurs in your application.

Update

Now you can set a password in the PHP file to prevent anyone can read the error log. Furthermore, it has functionality to delete individual records or the complete database.

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)