Bug - Do you provide details when reporting .NET applications errors?

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Archived Reason: Replaced by https://www.ssw.com.au/rules/report-bugs-and-suggestions#tip-1-draft-your-bug-with-enough-details

.NET applications can sometimes produce a stack trace of an error, these error messages are all we need to figure out what has happened. Please do not send us this screenshot, instead, select the top section of what's within this box and paste it in an email that you can send back to us.

The text within the 'Details' button is more useful for debugging and locating the problem.

Figure: Bug details window - Don't sent the screenshot

See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

We really want this part: ************** Exception Text ************** System.ArgumentException: invalid sender parameter Parameter name: sender at WindowsApplication3.FormStart.button5_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:\datajohnliu\datavs7projects\windowsapplication3\formstart.cs:line 143 at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

This part is quite useful sometimes too. ************** Loaded Assemblies ************** mscorlib Assembly Version: 1.0.3300.0 Win32 Version: 1.0.3705.288 CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/ v1.0.3705/mscorlib.dll

WindowsApplication3 Assembly Version: 1.0.1129.31301 Win32 Version: 1.0.1129.31301 CodeBase: file:///C:/DataJohnLiu/DataVS7Projects/ WindowsApplication3/bin/Debug/WindowsApplication3.exe

System.Windows.Forms Assembly Version: 1.0.3300.0 Win32 Version: 1.0.3705.288 CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/ 1.0.3300.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll

System Assembly Version: 1.0.3300.0 Win32 Version: 1.0.3705.288 CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/ 1.0.3300.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll

System.Drawing Assembly Version: 1.0.3300.0 Win32 Version: 1.0.3705.288 CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/ 1.0.3300.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll

System.Xml Assembly Version: 1.0.3300.0 Win32 Version: 1.0.3705.288 CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.xml/ 1.0.3300.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.xml.dll

These are not really useful ************** JIT Debugging ************** To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this application or machine (machine.config) must have the jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section. The application must also be compiled with debugging enabled.

For example:

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine rather than being handled by this dialog.\

Figure: This information is way more useful