Automatically log error and terminate application with SmartAssembly

Question

I'm using SmartAssembly for both general code obfuscation as well as error reporting in an application.

If my application encounters an unhandled exception, I'd like the exception to be logged and then terminate the application without any user interaction. Is it possible to create a SmartAssembly project that allows this?

I've tried setting up the project in the SmartAssembly GUI, as well as on the command-line with no luck. Below is the command and arguments I've tried, but so far I can't determine how to get it to both terminate the app and log the error with no user input.

Create SA Project:

"C:\Program Files\Red Gate\SmartAssembly 6\SmartAssembly.com" 
/create shell.saproj  input=C:\Repositories\MyApp\src\shell.exe 
/output=shell.exe 
/reportappname="MyTestApp" 
/errorreportingtemplate=standard;continueonerror=false,email:"my@email.com"
/reportprojectname="Shell" 
/reportcompanyname="My Company"

Build the project:

"C:\Program Files\Red Gate\SmartAssembly 6\SmartAssembly.com" /build shell.saproj

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '13 at 16:10

SmartAssembly includes a few examples of custom ErrorReportingTemplates,
located in Red Gate/SmartAssembly 6/SDK/Exception Reporting/

The examples are lumped into a few categories:

Without UI Standard Custom UI Via Email Secured Proxy Silverlight Silverlight Basic

In each of these folders, there is a .csproj file that one can extend to get their desired results. Inside the Without UI folder is the project we're after, titled Sample 01 - Without User Interface.csproj

If you're just after a .dll to use and don't care about a re-usable solution, edit this file directly and use the resulting .dll file (the alternative being to create a new project, and pull in the reference to SmartAssembly.SmartExceptionsCore).

Edit the OnReportException function to look like the following:

protected override void OnReportException(ReportExceptionEventArgs e)
    {
        for (int i=0; i<3; i++)
        {
            if (e.SendReport()) break;
        }
        e.TryToContinue = false;
        System.Diagnostics.Process proc = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess();
        proc.Kill();
    }

Here's a Gist of the final result, if you're confused.

Create the project file with the GUI or via cmd:

"C:\Program Files\Red Gate\SmartAssembly 6\SmartAssembly.com" 
/create shell.saproj  input=C:\Repositories\MyApp\src\shell.exe 
/output=shell.exe 
/reportappname="MyTestApp" 
/errorreportingtemplate=MySmartAssemblyLogger.dll;continueonerror=false,email:"my@email.com"
/reportprojectname="Shell" 
/reportcompanyname="My Company"

Build with the GUI or via cmd:

"C:\Program Files\Red Gate\SmartAssembly 6\SmartAssembly.com" /build shell.saproj

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '13 at 15:00

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According to the example on the website http://www.red-gate.com/supportcenter/Content/SmartAssembly/help/6.7/SA_UsingTheCommandLine

You should replace "standard" with "auto" and that is supposed to send the error report without the user dialog appearing.

answered Oct 11 '13 at 15:00

Wonko

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Using `auto` automatically logged errors, but I couldn't find the right setting to additionally terminate the application without user interaction. – jdhurst Oct 14 '13 at 16:14

Automatically log error and terminate application with SmartAssembly

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