Microsoft Structured Exception Handling (SEH) is the native exception handling mechanism for Windows.
Microsoft Structured Exception Handling (SEH) is the native exception handling mechanism for Windows.
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Get description from ExceptionCode
Is there an API for translating ExceptionCode:s in an ExceptionRecord to a readable message like FormatMessage for regular errors.
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Handling access violations through SEH
I've created a memory manager that allocates memory surrounded by two pages with protection PAGE_NOACCESS.
I call a function that uses this memory in a SEH block, and I catch ACCESS_VIOLATION exceptions (if any) that happens in this block. Now, in…
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Using Windows SEH and GCC label-as-value to jump to local error handler
I need to unit test some code where the failure cases raise an exception. In a nutshell, I need to handle the exception by either unwinding a stack frame or making a local jump over the error. Using MSVC is not an option.
The MSDN example for…
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How to use int3( VEH or SEH )
Know I want to replace function prologue with jmp to jump to my allocate zone(VirtualAllocateEx). But function prologue just have 3 bytes, and jmp have 5 bytes.
like this:
55 `push ebp`
8B EC `mov ebp, esp`
833D…
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Visual studio "module unsafe for SAFESEH image" occurring when building release in Assembly/C++
I've been following this youtube tutorial to begin learning about Assembly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3roB5sRg4o&list=PLRwVmtr-pp05c1HTBj1no6Fl6C6mlxYDG&index=2
And everything's been going fine until I switch the build from debug to release,…
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Datatype misalignment exception win32 example
Can someone show a simple example on c++, which will cause datatype misalignment exception? I want to see an example without using RaiseException function.
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how post mortem debugger catch even what unhandled exception filter missed
i'm trying to impl some post mortem debugger ,
means to catch only exception who not handled by the program,
so i'm sets unhandled exception filter (and make sure no one set it after me)
but i have some cases (e.g in mshtml.dll) that access…
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How do I stop a process-killing exception in a DLL?
My C++ application is using a 3rd party DLL that provides an API to some external software. There are no other options here. This is the software, API, and DLL that I must use.
I am trying to bomb-proof my interface. When an API call goes bad,…
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How to get the benefits of /EHa with /EHsc, on a particular function?
If I know that a particular extern "C" function in my program (say, RaiseException) is the only function that raises SEH exceptions, and I want them converted to C++ exceptions, is there any way for me to "selectively enable" /EHa for that function,…
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How to solve access violation reading location in google test?
I am trying to run Google test with the below code. I am reading some memory location for register value with code similar to the examples below.
Header file :
typedef union MYREG
{
uint32_t u32reg;
uint8_t au8byte[4];
} MYREG_t;
#define…
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Should I register an SEH handler and catch CPU exceptions in my library?
I am having a custom exception class for my library. I would like to know whether I should register an SEH handler and catch CPU exceptions such as access violation, illegal instruction, divide by zero. I then can report these to the client of my…
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How to handle SEH exception on a global level
I wanted to catch SEH exception globally i.e. if a SEH exception occurs in a thread of an object of ClassB called in ClassA, is it possible to catch the SEH exception in Main (ClassA instance is called in Main)?
I have been using…
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