Moved minidump code to MiniDump.cpp from main.

The other program is not in git yet.

include/Game/MiniDump.h

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #define MiniDump_h__
 
 #include <Windows.h>
+#include <DbgHelp.h>
 
-void WINAPI Create_Dump(PEXCEPTION_POINTERS pException, BOOL File_Flag, BOOL Show_Flag);
+long WINAPI Create_Dump_Immediate(LPEXCEPTION_POINTERS pException);
 
 #endif

src/Game/MiniDump.cpp

@@ -1,38 +1,21 @@
 /*
-	Author:	Vladimir Sedach.
+Inspired by Original Author: Vladimir Sedach.
 
 Purpose: demo of Call Stack creation by our own means,
 and with MiniDumpWriteDump() function of DbgHelp.dll.
 */
 
+#include "MiniDump.h"
+
+#include <string>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <ctime>
-
+#include <comdef.h>
-#include <windows.h>
-#include <tlhelp32.h>
-//#include "dbghelp.h"
-
-//#define DEBUG_DPRINTF		1	//allow d()
-//#include "wfun.h"
 
 #pragma optimize("y", off)      //generate stack frame pointers for all functions - same as /Oy- in the project
 #pragma warning(disable: 4200)  //nonstandard extension used : zero-sized array in struct/union
 #pragma warning(disable: 4100)  //unreferenced formal parameter
 
-// In case you don't have dbghelp.h.
-#ifndef _DBGHELP_
-
-typedef struct _MINIDUMP_EXCEPTION_INFORMATION {
-	DWORD	ThreadId;
-	PEXCEPTION_POINTERS	ExceptionPointers;
-	BOOL	ClientPointers;
-} MINIDUMP_EXCEPTION_INFORMATION, *PMINIDUMP_EXCEPTION_INFORMATION;
-
-typedef enum _MINIDUMP_TYPE {
-	MiniDumpNormal =			0x00000000,
-	MiniDumpWithDataSegs =		0x00000001,
-} MINIDUMP_TYPE;
-
 typedef	BOOL(WINAPI * MINIDUMP_WRITE_DUMP)(
     IN HANDLE           hProcess,
     IN DWORD            ProcessId,
@@ -43,68 +26,76 @@ typedef	BOOL (WINAPI * MINIDUMP_WRITE_DUMP)(
     IN PVOID                                    CallbackParam OPTIONAL
     );
 
-#else
-
-typedef	BOOL (WINAPI * MINIDUMP_WRITE_DUMP)(
-	IN HANDLE			hProcess,
-	IN DWORD			ProcessId,
-	IN HANDLE			hFile,
-	IN MINIDUMP_TYPE	DumpType,
-	IN CONST PMINIDUMP_EXCEPTION_INFORMATION	ExceptionParam, OPTIONAL
-	IN PMINIDUMP_USER_STREAM_INFORMATION		UserStreamParam, OPTIONAL
-	IN PMINIDUMP_CALLBACK_INFORMATION			CallbackParam OPTIONAL
-	);
-#endif //#ifndef _DBGHELP_
-
-HMODULE	hDbgHelp;
-MINIDUMP_WRITE_DUMP	MiniDumpWriteDump_;
-
-// Tool Help functions.
-typedef	HANDLE (WINAPI * CREATE_TOOL_HELP32_SNAPSHOT)(DWORD dwFlags, DWORD th32ProcessID);
-
 //*************************************************************************************
-void WINAPI Create_Dump(PEXCEPTION_POINTERS pException, BOOL File_Flag, BOOL Show_Flag)
+long WINAPI Create_Dump_Immediate(LPEXCEPTION_POINTERS pException)
 //*************************************************************************************
 // Create dump. 
 // pException can be either GetExceptionInformation() or NULL.
-// If File_Flag = TRUE - write dump files (.dmz and .dmp) with the name of the current process.
-// If Show_Flag = TRUE - show message with Get_Exception_Info() dump.
 {
     // Try to get MiniDumpWriteDump() address.
-    hDbgHelp = LoadLibrary("DBGHELP.DLL");
+    HMODULE hDbgHelp = LoadLibrary("DBGHELP.DLL");
-    MiniDumpWriteDump_ = (MINIDUMP_WRITE_DUMP)GetProcAddress(hDbgHelp, "MiniDumpWriteDump");
+    MINIDUMP_WRITE_DUMP MiniDumpWriteDump_ = (MINIDUMP_WRITE_DUMP)GetProcAddress(hDbgHelp, "MiniDumpWriteDump");
 
     // If MiniDumpWriteDump() of DbgHelp.dll available.
-	if (MiniDumpWriteDump_)
+    if (MiniDumpWriteDump_) {
-	{
+        // Get absolute path of current process: C:/ ... /name.exe
-	    HANDLE	hDump_File;
         CHAR Dump_Path[MAX_PATH];
+        GetModuleFileName(NULL, Dump_Path, sizeof(Dump_Path));
+        std::string path(Dump_Path);
 
-	    GetModuleFileName(NULL, Dump_Path, sizeof(Dump_Path));	//path of current process
+        // Get current time in a string.
         std::time_t t = std::time(NULL);
         char tStr[16];
-        std::strftime(tStr, 32, " %a %H-%M-%S", std::localtime(&t));
+        std::strftime(tStr, ARRAYSIZE(tStr), " %a %H-%M-%S", std::localtime(&t));
         std::string time(tStr);
-        std::string path(Dump_Path);
+        // Remove the .exe from path
         path = path.substr(0, path.length() - 4);
-        path += time + ".dmp";
+        // Add the current time and .dmp
+        path += "dump" + time + ".dmp";
+
+        DWORD procId = GetCurrentProcessId();
+        DWORD threadId = GetCurrentThreadId();
 
         MINIDUMP_EXCEPTION_INFORMATION M;
-		M.ThreadId = GetCurrentThreadId();
+        M.ThreadId = threadId;
         M.ExceptionPointers = pException;
-		M.ClientPointers = 0;
+        M.ClientPointers = TRUE;
 
-		hDump_File = CreateFile(path.c_str(), GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
+        HANDLE hDump_File = CreateFile(path.c_str(), GENERIC_WRITE, 0, NULL, CREATE_ALWAYS, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
+        HANDLE process = GetCurrentProcess();
 
-		MiniDumpWriteDump_(GetCurrentProcess(), GetCurrentProcessId(), hDump_File,
+        BOOL result = MiniDumpWriteDump_(process, procId, hDump_File
-			MiniDumpNormal, (pException) ? &M : NULL, NULL, NULL);
+            , (MINIDUMP_TYPE)(MiniDumpWithDataSegs |
+                MiniDumpWithHandleData |
+                MiniDumpScanMemory |
+                MiniDumpWithUnloadedModules |
+                MiniDumpWithIndirectlyReferencedMemory |
+                MiniDumpWithPrivateReadWriteMemory |
+                MiniDumpWithFullMemoryInfo |
+                MiniDumpWithThreadInfo |
+                MiniDumpIgnoreInaccessibleMemory)
+            , &M, NULL, NULL);
+        HRESULT error = (HRESULT)GetLastError();
 
         CloseHandle(hDump_File);
-
+        if (!result) {
-        std::cout << "Memory dumped to: \"" << path.c_str() << "\"";
+            _com_error cErr(error);
-        MessageBox(NULL, ("Application crashed, memory dumped to: " + path).c_str(), "MiniDump", MB_ICONHAND | MB_OK);
+            HRESULT actualErrorCode = error & 0xFFFF;
+            char hexErrBuf[16];
+            std::sprintf(hexErrBuf, "0x%x", actualErrorCode);
+            std::cout << "Bad memory dump at: \"" << path.c_str() << "\"" << std::endl
+                << "because MiniDumpWriteDump failed with error #" << actualErrorCode << " (" << hexErrBuf << "): \"" << cErr.ErrorMessage() << "\"" << std::endl;
+            MessageBox(NULL, "Application crashed, memory dump failed, but file was created.", "MiniDump", MB_ICONHAND | MB_OK);
         } else {
-        MessageBox(NULL, "Application crashed, memory dump failed.", "MiniDump", MB_ICONHAND | MB_OK);
+            std::cout << "Memory dumped to: \"" << path.c_str() << "\"" << std::endl;
+            MessageBox(NULL, ("Application crashed, memory dumped to: " + path).c_str(), "MiniDump", MB_ICONHAND | MB_OK);
         }
+    } else {
+        std::cout << "Memory dump failed because MiniDumpWriteDump is not available." << std::endl;
+        MessageBox(NULL, "Application crashed, could not create a memory dump.", "MiniDump", MB_ICONHAND | MB_OK);
+    }
+
+    // Basically, terminate the application.
+    return EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER;
 }
 

src/Game/main.cpp

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 #include "Game.h"
 #include "MiniDump.h"
 
-LONG WINAPI CrashHandler(EXCEPTION_POINTERS* pException);
-
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-    ::SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(CrashHandler);
+    SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(Create_Dump_Immediate);
 
     Game game(argc, argv);
     while (game.Running()) {
@@ -16,12 +14,3 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 
     return 0;
 }
-
-LONG WINAPI CrashHandler(EXCEPTION_POINTERS* pException)
-{
-    //Take minidump. path should be bin/TacticalZ.dmp
-    //Then show MessageBox, and exit application.
-    Create_Dump(pException, 1, 1);
-
-    return EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER;// EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH
-}