Integrating Crash Reporting into Your Application - A Beginners Tutorial

// SimpleApp.cpp : Defines the class behaviors for the application.
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "SimpleApp.h"
#include "MainFrm.h"

#include "ChildFrm.h"
#include "SimpleAppDoc.h"
#include "SimpleAppView.h"

#include "CrashRpt.h"

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#endif


// CSimpleAppApp

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CSimpleAppApp, CWinApp)
	ON_COMMAND(ID_APP_ABOUT, &CSimpleAppApp::OnAppAbout)
	// Standard file based document commands
	ON_COMMAND(ID_FILE_NEW, &CWinApp::OnFileNew)
	ON_COMMAND(ID_FILE_OPEN, &CWinApp::OnFileOpen)
	// Standard print setup command
	ON_COMMAND(ID_FILE_PRINT_SETUP, &CWinApp::OnFilePrintSetup)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()


// CSimpleAppApp construction

CSimpleAppApp::CSimpleAppApp()
{
	// TODO: add construction code here,
	// Place all significant initialization in InitInstance
}


// The one and only CSimpleAppApp object

CSimpleAppApp theApp;

int CSimpleAppApp::Run() 
{
  // Install crash reporting

  CR_INSTALL_INFO info;
  memset(&info, 0, sizeof(CR_INSTALL_INFO));
  info.cb = sizeof(CR_INSTALL_INFO); 
  // Define application name.
  info.pszAppName = _T("SimpleApp");
  // Define application version.
  info.pszAppVersion = _T("1.0.0"); 
  // URL for sending reports over HTTP.		
  info.pszUrl = _T("http://someserver.com/crashrpt.php");
  // Install all available exception handlers.
  info.dwFlags |= CR_INST_ALL_POSSIBLE_HANDLERS; 
  // Use binary encoding for HTTP uploads (recommended).  
  info.dwFlags |= CR_INST_HTTP_BINARY_ENCODING;   
  // Provide privacy policy URL
  info.pszPrivacyPolicyURL = _T("http://someserver.com/privacy.html");
  
  int nResult = crInstall(&info);
  if(nResult!=0)
  {
    TCHAR buff[256];
    crGetLastErrorMsg(buff, 256);
    MessageBox(NULL, buff, _T("crInstall error"), MB_OK);
    return 1;
  }

  // Take screenshot of the app window at the moment of crash
  crAddScreenshot2(CR_AS_MAIN_WINDOW|CR_AS_USE_JPEG_FORMAT, 95);

  BOOL bRun;
  BOOL bExit=FALSE;
  while(!bExit)
  {
    bRun= CWinApp::Run();
    bExit=TRUE;
  }

  // Uninstall crash reporting
  crUninstall();

  return bRun;
}

// CSimpleAppApp initialization

BOOL CSimpleAppApp::InitInstance()
{
  // InitCommonControlsEx() is required on Windows XP if an application
	// manifest specifies use of ComCtl32.dll version 6 or later to enable
	// visual styles.  Otherwise, any window creation will fail.
	INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX InitCtrls;
	InitCtrls.dwSize = sizeof(InitCtrls);
	// Set this to include all the common control classes you want to use
	// in your application.
	InitCtrls.dwICC = ICC_WIN95_CLASSES;
	InitCommonControlsEx(&InitCtrls);

	CWinApp::InitInstance();

	// Initialize OLE libraries
	if (!AfxOleInit())
	{
		AfxMessageBox(IDP_OLE_INIT_FAILED);
		return FALSE;
	}
	AfxEnableControlContainer();
	// Standard initialization
	// If you are not using these features and wish to reduce the size
	// of your final executable, you should remove from the following
	// the specific initialization routines you do not need
	// Change the registry key under which our settings are stored
	// TODO: You should modify this string to be something appropriate
	// such as the name of your company or organization
	SetRegistryKey(_T("Local AppWizard-Generated Applications"));
	LoadStdProfileSettings(4);  // Load standard INI file options (including MRU)
	// Register the application's document templates.  Document templates
	//  serve as the connection between documents, frame windows and views
	CMultiDocTemplate* pDocTemplate;
	pDocTemplate = new CMultiDocTemplate(IDR_SimpleAppTYPE,
		RUNTIME_CLASS(CSimpleAppDoc),
		RUNTIME_CLASS(CChildFrame), // custom MDI child frame
		RUNTIME_CLASS(CSimpleAppView));
	if (!pDocTemplate)
		return FALSE;
	AddDocTemplate(pDocTemplate);

	// create main MDI Frame window
	CMainFrame* pMainFrame = new CMainFrame;
	if (!pMainFrame || !pMainFrame->LoadFrame(IDR_MAINFRAME))
	{
		delete pMainFrame;
		return FALSE;
	}
	m_pMainWnd = pMainFrame;
	// call DragAcceptFiles only if there's a suffix
	//  In an MDI app, this should occur immediately after setting m_pMainWnd


	// Parse command line for standard shell commands, DDE, file open
	CCommandLineInfo cmdInfo;
	ParseCommandLine(cmdInfo);


	// Dispatch commands specified on the command line.  Will return FALSE if
	// app was launched with /RegServer, /Register, /Unregserver or /Unregister.
	if (!ProcessShellCommand(cmdInfo))
		return FALSE;
	// The main window has been initialized, so show and update it
	pMainFrame->ShowWindow(m_nCmdShow);
	pMainFrame->UpdateWindow();

	return TRUE;
}



// CAboutDlg dialog used for App About

class CAboutDlg : public CDialog
{
public:
	CAboutDlg();

// Dialog Data
	enum { IDD = IDD_ABOUTBOX };

protected:
	virtual void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX);    // DDX/DDV support

// Implementation
protected:
	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

CAboutDlg::CAboutDlg() : CDialog(CAboutDlg::IDD)
{
}

void CAboutDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
	CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
}

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CAboutDlg, CDialog)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

// App command to run the dialog
void CSimpleAppApp::OnAppAbout()
{
	CAboutDlg aboutDlg;
	aboutDlg.DoModal();
}


// CSimpleAppApp message handlers