Collect system and environment information

Question

On application crashes, we are looking into the best way to collect user/environment and crash information so we can have it emailed to us.

Are there any libraries (open-source or commercial) which do this well?

Our application is a desktop application written in c# .Net with swigged c++ code.

Thanks,

Liron

Answer 1

Many obfuscation tools include error reporting, which includes this type of diagnostic functionality. For example:

• SmartAssembly includes the ability to have Automated Error Reporting.

• This is also included in the latest versions of Dotfuscator.

Answer 2

I like the functionality provided by Bugtrap, collecting crash dumps and "send to" functionality. Crash dumps + WinDbg gives you the tools needed to debug client errors with an experience very close to what you are used to when debugging in Visual Studio.

Bugtrap:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/applications/BugTrap.aspx