Feature Overview

• Error identification
  • Adds an error trap to every procedure
  • Recognises and accommodates existing error handling logic
  • Produces a variable dump (local, module and global)
  • Parameter content dump
  • Optionally encrypts logged error and context information
  • Adds line numbers to ensure pin-pointing of an error to an individual line of code
• Error logging
  • Send email directly from error dialog (requires MAPI client)
  • Error details copied to clipboard
  • Error details logged to NT Event log (Windows NT / 2000 only)
• Error diagnosis ('Intellifix')
  • Optional feature to provide streamlined fault diagnosis and resolution, reducing the support load
  • As soon as a fix or resolution is available and recorded, users encountering an issue will be aware immediately
  • Complete Internet Information Server ASP application provided to allow over the internet on-line error reporting, diagnosis and even fixing
  • Uses HTTP and configurable proxy information, so will bridge firewalls
  • Can use SSL for information transmission
  • Provides real time information to the user about fault status, resolution and fix information
  • Allows users to request notification when a fault is resolved, reducing the load on support staff
  • Provides a Microsoft style knowledge base article containing symptom, resolution and fix information instantly to users without them having to make a support call
  • Provides direct links to fixes and patches when available, allowing instant resolution
• Exception catching
  • Converts GPFs and other exceptions to run-time errors trapped and logged by normal vbCodeShield error identification and diagnosis features
• Run-time Call stack monitoring and logging
  • Parameter contents included in call stack detail
  • Run-time debug message output and logging more ..
  • Existing Debug.Print statements automatically converted
• SourceSafe integration
  • Automatic check-in and version labelling
• Instance counting to identify objects that do not terminate correctly
  • Identifies 'circular reference' scenarios
  • Identifies precisely which classes are not terminating correctly
• Extensibility
  • Full source code for Error Handling object provided
  • Can extended compile process with new plugins
  • Can extend user interface with new plugins
  • Can extend the Debugger with new views and monitors
• Configuration
  • Local error handler, variable and parameter dump code can be fully customised to individual requirements
  • Combinations of features can be saved as 'Plans' which can be re-used across many projects
  • Unlimited number of plans
  • Allows project specific plans
• Development team support
  • SourceSafe integration
  • Central Plans repository
  • Configuration saved as a related document and therefore is portable with the source code and can be version managed using SourceSafe or other configuration management tool
• Diagnosis and error handling features switched by registry parameters - minimum of runtime overhead
  • Different components can have specific registry settings to customise error handling behaviour
• Visual Basic and Visual Basic for Applications Integration
• Batch Compilation
• Real-time Debugger