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/*
 * Filename:    ExceptionMessageBox.cs
 * Product:     NUnit Starter
 * Solution:    NUnitStarter.sln
 * Project:     AddIn
 * Description: Message box to display exception details.
 * Copyright:   Julijan Šribar, 2009
 * 
 * This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
 * warranty.  In no event will the author(s) be held liable for any damages
 * arising from the use of this software.
 *
 * Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
 * including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
 * freely, subject to the following restrictions:
 *
 * 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
 *    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
 *    in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
 *    appreciated but is not required.
 * 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
 *    misrepresented as being the original software.
 * 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
 */
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace NUnitStarter
{
    /// <summary>
    ///   Wrapper arround <c>MessageBox</c> to display exception stack trace in
    ///   debug build.
    /// </summary>
    class ExceptionMessageBox
    {
        /// <summary>
        ///   Hides construtor to disable instantation.
        /// </summary>
        private ExceptionMessageBox()
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///   Shows message box with exception details.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="e">
        ///   Exception for which message should be shown.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        ///   <c>DialogResult</c> enumeration.
        /// </returns>
        public static DialogResult Show(Exception e)
        {
            return Show(e, Constants.ProductName);
        }

        /// <summary>
        ///   For debug build outputs complete exception details including stack 
        ///   trace. For release build only exception message is output.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="e">
        ///   Exception for which message should be shown.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="caption">
        ///   Message box caption.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        ///   <c>DialogResult</c> enumeration.
        /// </returns>
        private static DialogResult Show(Exception e, string caption)
        {
#if DEBUG
            return MessageBox.Show(e.Message + Environment.NewLine + e.ToString(), caption, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
#else
            return MessageBox.Show(e.Message, caption, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
#endif
        }
    }
}

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Graduated at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb (Croatia) and received M.Sc. degree in electronics. For several years he was research and lecturing assistant in the fields of solid state electronics and electronic circuits, published several scientific and professional papers, as well as a book "Physics of Semiconductor Devices - Solved Problems with Theory" (in Croatian).
During that work he gained interest in C++ programming language and have co-written "C++ Demystified" (in Croatian), 1st edition published in 1997, 2nd in 2001, 3rd in 2010, 4th in 2014.
After book publication, completely switched to software development, programming mostly in C++ and in C#.
In 2016 coauthored the book "Python for Curious" (in Croatian).

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