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Exception Reporter is a .NET component that shows collects detailed information on an Exception and the application/system running it

PM> Install-Package ExceptionReporter

For the un-nugetted, you can find the binaries for ExceptionReporter in the latest release. But note, there are now nuget dependencies for 2 libraries (DotNetZip,SimpleMAPI.NET) - so those libraries have to be referenced as well (included in the release binary).

Many interface elements can be configured: whether buttons have images, what text appears in the labels, font-sizes/colors, which tabs are shown etc

This is the simple/less detail version

This screenshot below show the more detailed configuration, including an input for user as well as tabular information (this is useful for technical users)

In this example, there are no images on the buttons, the window title is customised and an extra Tab (Contact) is visible

The Exception Reporter is invoked manually or by setting up it's invocation on an event, where it's basically passed the root Exception - see Sample Usage

The user is shown this dialog which is auto-populated with the exception it was given and certain system details. A screenshot is also taken (jpeg, multiple screens if present) and you can also add attachments to be sent (via email).

The ultimate goal is the developer receiving a formatted exception report - see Creating and Sending a Report

(Note: these seem to be the features that the similar but simpler project Crash Reporter.NET doesn't have)

• Support for inner exceptions and passing multiple exceptions (ie a list of exceptions)
• Support for generating a report without showing a dialog (see ExceptionReportGenerator class)
• Screenshot is automatically taken and attached (support for multiple monitors) - but is configurable
• Attach additional files to the email (automatically compressed into a single zip file before being attached) - useful for including any log/config files etc to help with diagnosis
• Support for connecting to email client (MAPI) - this basically means that the report body/subject/attachments will connect to Outlook (or the default Email client) and allow the user to send and manage the email themselves without requiring an SMTP server
• The solution includes a Demo App for testing config and sending emails etc (with commented-out variables for testing)
• The Report is plain text and includes exception stack traces and important system information (using WMI) such as CPU, memory, Windows versions as well as a list of all the assemblies (with versions) being used by the current executable (see example report below)

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[General Info]

Application: ExceptionReporter Demo App
Version:     2.2.1
Region:      English (Australia)
Machine:     PANDAMAN
User:        JohnGruber
Date: 30/05/2017
Time: 12:40 AM

User Explanation:

JohnGruber said "I just pressed Connect and this happened"
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[Exception Info 1]

Top-level Exception
Type:        System.IO.IOException
Message:     Unable to establish a connection with the Foo bank account service. The error number is #FFF474678.
Source:      WinFormsDemoApp
Stack Trace: at WinFormsDemoApp.DemoAppView.AndAnotherOne() in Z:\MyProjects\ExceptionReporter\src\WinFormsDemoApp\DemoAppView.cs:line 110
    at WinFormsDemoApp.DemoAppView.CallAnotherMethod() in Z:\MyProjects\ExceptionReporter\src\WinFormsDemoApp\DemoAppView.cs:line 101
    at WinFormsDemoApp.DemoAppView.SomeMethod() in Z:\MyProjects\ExceptionReporter\src\WinFormsDemoApp\DemoAppView.cs:line 96
    at WinFormsDemoApp.DemoAppView.ShowExceptionReporter(Boolean useConfig) in Z:\MyProjects\ExceptionReporter\src\WinFormsDemoApp\DemoAppView.cs:line 81

Inner Exception 1
Type:        System.Exception
Message:     This is an Inner Exception message - with a message that is not too small but perhaps it should be smaller

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[Assembly Info] 
mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0
System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0
System, Version=2.0.0.0
ExceptionReporter.WinForms, Version=2.1.2.0
System.Drawing, Version=2.0.0.0
EO.WebBrowser, Version=16.0.91.0
Esent.Collections, Version=1.9.3.2

[System Info]
Operating System
-Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
--CodeSet = 1252
--CSDVersion =
--CurrentTimeZone = 600
--FreePhysicalMemory = 1947848
--OSArchitecture = 32-bit
--OSLanguage = 1033
--ServicePackMajorVersion = 0
--ServicePackMinorVersion = 0
--Version = 6.1.7600

[Machine]
--Manufacturer = Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
--Model = P35-DS3L
--TotalPhysicalMemory = 3756515328