\helpref{wxApp::OnFatalException()}{wxapponfatalexception} as shown in the
\helpref{sample}{sampledebugrpt}.
-wxDebugReport contains one or more files. A few of them can be created by the
+A wxDebugReport object contains one or more files. A few of them can be created by the
class itself but more can be created from the outside and then added to the
report. Also note that several virtual functions may be overridden to further
customize the class behaviour.
-Once report is fully assembled, it can be simply left in the temporary
+Once a report is fully assembled, it can simply be left in the temporary
directory so that the user can email it to the developers (in which case you
should still use \helpref{wxDebugReportCompress}{wxdebugreportcompress} to
compress it in a single file) or uploaded to a Web server using
\helpref{wxDebugReportUpload}{wxdebugreportupload} (setting up the Web server
-to accept uploads is your responsibility, of course). Other handlers, e.g. for
+to accept uploads is your responsibility, of course). Other handlers, for example for
automatically emailing the report, can be defined as well but are not currently
included in wxWidgets.
wxDebugReportPreviewStd preview;
report.AddCurrentContext(); // could also use AddAll()
- report.AddCurrentDump(); // to do both at once
+ report.AddCurrentDump(); // to do both at once
if ( preview.Show(report) )
report.Process();
\wxheading{Data structures}
-This enum used for the functions which may report either the current state
+This enum is used for functions that report either the current state
or the state during the last (fatal) exception:
+
\begin{verbatim}
enum wxDebugReport::Context
{
\func{}{wxDebugReport}{\void}
-Constructor creates a temporary directory where the files which will
+The constructor creates a temporary directory where the files that will
be included in the report are created. Use
\helpref{IsOk()}{wxdebugreportisok} to check for errors.
\func{}{\destruct{wxDebugReport}}{\void}
-Destructor normally destroys the temporary directory created in the constructor
-with all the files it contains, call \helpref{Reset()}{wxdebugreportreset} to
+The destructor normally destroys the temporary directory created in the constructor
+with all the files it contains. Call \helpref{Reset()}{wxdebugreportreset} to
prevent this from happening.
\func{void}{AddAll}{\param{Context }{context = Context\_Exception}}
-Add all available information to the report. Currently this includes a
+Adds all available information to the report. Currently this includes a
text (XML) file describing the process context and, under Win32, a minidump
file.
\func{bool}{AddCurrentContext}{\void}
-Same as \helpref{AddContext(Context\_Current)}{wxdebugreportaddcontext}.
+The same as \helpref{AddContext(Context\_Current)}{wxdebugreportaddcontext}.
\membersection{wxDebugReport::AddCurrentDump}\label{wxdebugreportaddcurrentdump}
\func{bool}{AddCurrentDump}{\void}
-Same as \helpref{AddDump(Context\_Current)}{wxdebugreportadddump}.
+The same as \helpref{AddDump(Context\_Current)}{wxdebugreportadddump}.
\membersection{wxDebugReport::AddDump}\label{wxdebugreportadddump}
\func{bool}{AddDump}{\param{Context }{ctx}}
-Adds minidump file to the debug report.
+Adds the minidump file to the debug report.
-Minidumps are only available under recent Win32 versions (\texttt{dbghlp32.dll}
+Minidumps are only available under recent Win32 versions (\texttt{dbghlp32.dll}
can be installed under older systems to make minidumps available).
\func{bool}{AddExceptionContext}{\void}
-Same as \helpref{AddContext(Context\_Exception)}{wxdebugreportaddcontext}.
+The same as \helpref{AddContext(Context\_Exception)}{wxdebugreportaddcontext}.
\membersection{wxDebugReport::AddExceptionDump}\label{wxdebugreportaddexceptiondump}
\func{bool}{AddExceptionDump}{\void}
-Same as \helpref{AddDump(Context\_Exception)}{wxdebugreportadddump}.
+The same as \helpref{AddDump(Context\_Exception)}{wxdebugreportadddump}.
\membersection{wxDebugReport::AddFile}\label{wxdebugreportaddfile}
-\func{void}{AddFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}, \param{const wxString\& }{description}}
+\func{void}{AddFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}, \param{const wxString\& }{description}}
-Add another file to the report: the file must already exist on disk. Its name
-is relative to \helpref{GetDirectory()}{wxdebugreportgetdirectory}.
+Add another file to the report. If \arg{filename} is an absolute path, it is
+copied to a file in the debug report directory with the same name. Otherwise
+the file should already exist in this directory
-\arg{description} only exists to be shown to the user in the report summary
+\arg{description} only exists to be displayed to the user in the report summary
shown by \helpref{wxDebugReportPreview}{wxdebugreportpreview}.
+\wxheading{See also }
+
+\helpref{GetDirectory()}{wxdebugreportgetdirectory},\\
+\helpref{AddText()}{wxdebugreportaddtext}
+
+
+\membersection{wxDebugReport::AddText}\label{wxdebugreportaddtext}
+
+\func{bool}{AddText}{\param{const wxString\& }{filename}, \param{const wxString\& }{text}, \param{const wxString\& }{description}}
+
+This is a convenient wrapper around \helpref{AddFile}{wxdebugreportaddfile}. It
+creates the file with the given \arg{name} and writes \arg{text} to it, then
+adds the file to the report. The \arg{filename} shouldn't contain the path.
+
+Returns \true if file could be added successfully, \false if an IO error
+occurred.
+
\membersection{wxDebugReport::DoAddCustomContext}\label{wxdebugreportdoaddcustomcontext}
\constfunc{const wxString\&}{GetDirectory}{\void}
-Return the name of the temporary directory used for the files in this report.
+Returns the name of the temporary directory used for the files in this report.
This method should be used to construct the full name of the files which you
wish to add to the report using \helpref{AddFile}{wxdebugreportaddfile}.
\constfunc{bool}{GetFile}{\param{size\_t }{n}, \param{wxString* }{name}, \param{wxString* }{desc}}
-Retrieve the name (relative to
+Retrieves the name (relative to
\helpref{GetDirectory()}{wxdebugreportgetdirectory}) and the description of the
file with the given index. If \arg{n} is greater than or equal to the number of
filse, \false is returned.
\constfunc{size\_t}{GetFilesCount}{\void}
-Get the current number files in this report.
+Gets the current number files in this report.
\membersection{wxDebugReport::GetReportName}\label{wxdebugreportgetreportname}
\constfunc{wxString}{GetReportName}{\void}
-Get the name used as base name for various files, by default
+Gets the name used as a base name for various files, by default
\helpref{wxApp::GetAppName()}{wxappgetappname} is used.
\constfunc{bool}{IsOk}{\void}
-Return \true if the object was successfully initialized, if this method returns
+Returns \true if the object was successfully initialized. If this method returns
\false the report can't be used.
\func{bool}{Process}{\void}
-Process this report: the base class simply notifies the user that the
-report has been generated, this is usually not enough -- instead you
+Processes this report: the base class simply notifies the user that the
+report has been generated. This is usually not enough -- instead you
should override this method to do something more useful to you.
\func{void}{RemoveFile}{\param{const wxString\& }{name}}
-Remove the file from report: this is used by
+Removes the file from report: this is used by
\helpref{wxDebugReportPreview}{wxdebugreportpreview} to allow the user to
remove files potentially containing private information from the report.
\func{void}{Reset}{\void}
-Reset the directory name we use, the object can't be used any more after
-this as it becomes invalid/uninitialized.
+Resets the directory name we use. The object can't be used any more after
+this as it becomes uninitialized and invalid.