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RE: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method

[Pascal <pb...@oi...>]

I'll see if I can implement this error handling into the DynAPI.

does it work crossbrowser? (ie4+ and NS4+)


Pascal Bestebroer (pb...@oi...)
Software ontwikkelaar
Oberon Informatiesystemen b.v.
http://www.oibv.com 

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: dyn...@li...
> [mailto:dyn...@li...]Namens Michael 
> Pemberton
> Verzonden: donderdag 15 februari 2001 7:22
> Aan: dyn...@li...
> Onderwerp: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method
> 
> 
> I've got an alternative method that caches the errors until 
> everything has
> loaded and generates a error output page.  It can also be 
> told to display
> javascript errors or even catch and not display javascript errors.
> 
> DynAPI {
>     errors : [],
>     displayerrors : false, // indicates if you wish all 
> errors to be caught or
> sent to the in-built js console
>     errorHandler : function (msg, url, lno) {
>         DynAPI.errors[DynAPI.errors.length] = [url,lno,msg];
>         // if the page has already loaded, errors will be 
> alerted instead of
> sent to the debug page
>         if (DynAPI.loaded&&DynAPI.displayerrors)
>             alert("Error in '" + url + "'.\nLine number: " + lno +
> ".\nMessage: " + msg);
>         return DynAPI.displayerrors;
>     },
> 
> // The following line is added at the end of the loadHandler:
> if (DynAPI.errors.length&&DynAPI.displayerrors) DynAPI.errorOutput();
> 
> // The following line is added at the end of the dynapi.js
> onerror = DynAPI.errorHandler;
> 
> --
> Michael Pemberton
> mp...@ph...
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> 
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RE: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method

[Matthew A. S. <ms...@sh...>]

Yeah, that's pretty much how we do it.  This happens for us without the
user even knowing it.  They just get a friendly error message.

M.

-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Melvin [mailto:do...@cr...]
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 11:32 AM
To: dyn...@li...
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method


very good idea..
There are only two ways to go about it tho (That I know of),
one would be a dialog "Do you wish to send a debug report?"
if they answer yes, then bring up their email client
(mailto:ar...@ar...)
OR
you would have to use a server side component of some sort..
I have an 'email us' form on some of my client site which use
IIS and ASP to send the message via the server:

The following code is the asp (server side) code to send an email.
Note: You need to have SMTP installed on the NT/win2k server.

<%
  Dim MyMail
  Set MyMail =3D Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.NewMail")
  MyMail.From =3D de...@de...
  MyMail.To =3D ar...@ar...
  MyMail.Subject =3D "an error report"
  MyMail.BodyFormat =3D 1    'text?
  MyMail.MailFormat =3D 1
  MyMail.Body =3D "Error message..."
  MyMail.Send
  Set MyMail =3D Nothing
  response.redirect("thankyou_home.html")

%>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Foster" <jf...@tm...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method


> I have been doing something very similar. I have thought about taking
it
to
> the next level and making it so that errorHandler actually sends the
message
> (url,lno,msg) to me (the developer) via e-mail in the background, but
> returns true to the application so that the user is unaware that an
error
> occurred. This way once the application is deployed I can keep a pulse
on
> errors in the real world and take care of errors missed in the
testing,
yet
> the user is not hindered since all of this notification happens in the
> background.
>
> Any thoughts on implementation?
>
> Jim
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Pemberton" <mp...@ph...>
> To: <dyn...@li...>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 11:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method
>
>
> > I've got an alternative method that caches the errors until
everything
has
> > loaded and generates a error output page.  It can also be told to
display
> > javascript errors or even catch and not display javascript errors.
> >
> > DynAPI {
> >     errors : [],
> >     displayerrors : false, // indicates if you wish all errors to be
> caught or
> > sent to the in-built js console
> >     errorHandler : function (msg, url, lno) {
> >         DynAPI.errors[DynAPI.errors.length] =3D [url,lno,msg];
> >         // if the page has already loaded, errors will be alerted
instead
> of
> > sent to the debug page
> >         if (DynAPI.loaded&&DynAPI.displayerrors)
> >             alert("Error in '" + url + "'.\nLine number: " + lno +
> > ".\nMessage: " + msg);
> >         return DynAPI.displayerrors;
> >     },
> >
> > // The following line is added at the end of the loadHandler:
> > if (DynAPI.errors.length&&DynAPI.displayerrors)
DynAPI.errorOutput();
> >
> > // The following line is added at the end of the dynapi.js
> > onerror =3D DynAPI.errorHandler;
> >
> > --
> > Michael Pemberton
> > mp...@ph...
> > ICQ: 12107010
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re[2]: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method

[Robert R. <rra...@ya...>]

It could possibly be included as an extension.  Maybe replace debug.js
with this (if it works), since console.js it sort of a replacement for
debug.js anyways.

-- 
// Robert Rainwater

On 2/15/2001, 10:00:10 AM EST, Pascal wrote about "[Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method":

> I'll see if I can implement this error handling into the DynAPI.

> does it work crossbrowser? (ie4+ and NS4+)


> Pascal Bestebroer (pb...@oi...)
> Software ontwikkelaar
> Oberon Informatiesystemen b.v.
> http://www.oibv.com 

>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: dyn...@li...
>> [mailto:dyn...@li...]Namens Michael 
>> Pemberton
>> Verzonden: donderdag 15 februari 2001 7:22
>> Aan: dyn...@li...
>> Onderwerp: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method
>> 
>> 
>> I've got an alternative method that caches the errors until 
>> everything has
>> loaded and generates a error output page.  It can also be 
>> told to display
>> javascript errors or even catch and not display javascript errors.
>> 
>> DynAPI {
>>     errors : [],
>>     displayerrors : false, // indicates if you wish all 
>> errors to be caught or
>> sent to the in-built js console
>>     errorHandler : function (msg, url, lno) {
>>         DynAPI.errors[DynAPI.errors.length] = [url,lno,msg];
>>         // if the page has already loaded, errors will be 
>> alerted instead of
>> sent to the debug page
>>         if (DynAPI.loaded&&DynAPI.displayerrors)
>>             alert("Error in '" + url + "'.\nLine number: " + lno +
>> ".\nMessage: " + msg);
>>         return DynAPI.displayerrors;
>>     },
>> 
>> // The following line is added at the end of the loadHandler:
>> if (DynAPI.errors.length&&DynAPI.displayerrors) DynAPI.errorOutput();
>> 
>> // The following line is added at the end of the dynapi.js
>> onerror = DynAPI.errorHandler;
>> 
>> --
>> Michael Pemberton
>> mp...@ph...
>> ICQ: 12107010
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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RE: Re[2]: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method

[Pascal B. <pa...@dy...>]

wasn't thinking about extension..

but more like trapping errors from within the dynapi.. not with a console,
but with a nicer alert.
We could then make even the error messages cross-browser (IE is always wrong
by 1 line)

I'd rather see a nice alert box then those annoying IE screens (which some
people have turned off btw.)

So, not a comple console like window as in Michael's example, but a normal
alert box stating the correct line
nr and message.



Pascal Bestebroer
pa...@dy...
http://www.dynamic-core.net

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: dyn...@li...
> [mailto:dyn...@li...]Namens Robert Rainwater
> Verzonden: donderdag 15 februari 2001 17:12
> Aan: DynAPI Development List
> Onderwerp: Re[2]: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method
>
>
>
> It could possibly be included as an extension.  Maybe replace debug.js
> with this (if it works), since console.js it sort of a replacement for
> debug.js anyways.
>
> --
> // Robert Rainwater
>
> On 2/15/2001, 10:00:10 AM EST, Pascal wrote about "[Dynapi-Dev] A
> handy DEBUG method":
>
> > I'll see if I can implement this error handling into the DynAPI.
>
> > does it work crossbrowser? (ie4+ and NS4+)
>
>
> > Pascal Bestebroer (pb...@oi...)
> > Software ontwikkelaar
> > Oberon Informatiesystemen b.v.
> > http://www.oibv.com
>
> >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> >> Van: dyn...@li...
> >> [mailto:dyn...@li...]Namens Michael
> >> Pemberton
> >> Verzonden: donderdag 15 februari 2001 7:22
> >> Aan: dyn...@li...
> >> Onderwerp: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method
> >>
> >>
> >> I've got an alternative method that caches the errors until
> >> everything has
> >> loaded and generates a error output page.  It can also be
> >> told to display
> >> javascript errors or even catch and not display javascript errors.
> >>
> >> DynAPI {
> >>     errors : [],
> >>     displayerrors : false, // indicates if you wish all
> >> errors to be caught or
> >> sent to the in-built js console
> >>     errorHandler : function (msg, url, lno) {
> >>         DynAPI.errors[DynAPI.errors.length] = [url,lno,msg];
> >>         // if the page has already loaded, errors will be
> >> alerted instead of
> >> sent to the debug page
> >>         if (DynAPI.loaded&&DynAPI.displayerrors)
> >>             alert("Error in '" + url + "'.\nLine number: " + lno +
> >> ".\nMessage: " + msg);
> >>         return DynAPI.displayerrors;
> >>     },
> >>
> >> // The following line is added at the end of the loadHandler:
> >> if (DynAPI.errors.length&&DynAPI.displayerrors) DynAPI.errorOutput();
> >>
> >> // The following line is added at the end of the dynapi.js
> >> onerror = DynAPI.errorHandler;
> >>
> >> --
> >> Michael Pemberton
> >> mp...@ph...
> >> ICQ: 12107010
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> >> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-dev
> >>
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Re: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method

[Michael P. <mp...@ph...>]

the console appearring could be a separate option that can be set by the coder.

Pascal Bestebroer wrote:

> wasn't thinking about extension..
>
> but more like trapping errors from within the dynapi.. not with a console,
> but with a nicer alert.
> We could then make even the error messages cross-browser (IE is always wrong
> by 1 line)
>
> I'd rather see a nice alert box then those annoying IE screens (which some
> people have turned off btw.)
>
> So, not a comple console like window as in Michael's example, but a normal
> alert box stating the correct line
> nr and message.
>
> Pascal Bestebroer
> pa...@dy...
> http://www.dynamic-core.net
>
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: dyn...@li...
> > [mailto:dyn...@li...]Namens Robert Rainwater
> > Verzonden: donderdag 15 februari 2001 17:12
> > Aan: DynAPI Development List
> > Onderwerp: Re[2]: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method
> >
> >
> >
> > It could possibly be included as an extension.  Maybe replace debug.js
> > with this (if it works), since console.js it sort of a replacement for
> > debug.js anyways.
> >
> > --
> > // Robert Rainwater
> >
> > On 2/15/2001, 10:00:10 AM EST, Pascal wrote about "[Dynapi-Dev] A
> > handy DEBUG method":
> >
> > > I'll see if I can implement this error handling into the DynAPI.
> >
> > > does it work crossbrowser? (ie4+ and NS4+)
> >
> >
> > > Pascal Bestebroer (pb...@oi...)
> > > Software ontwikkelaar
> > > Oberon Informatiesystemen b.v.
> > > http://www.oibv.com
> >
> > >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > >> Van: dyn...@li...
> > >> [mailto:dyn...@li...]Namens Michael
> > >> Pemberton
> > >> Verzonden: donderdag 15 februari 2001 7:22
> > >> Aan: dyn...@li...
> > >> Onderwerp: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I've got an alternative method that caches the errors until
> > >> everything has
> > >> loaded and generates a error output page.  It can also be
> > >> told to display
> > >> javascript errors or even catch and not display javascript errors.
> > >>
> > >> DynAPI {
> > >>     errors : [],
> > >>     displayerrors : false, // indicates if you wish all
> > >> errors to be caught or
> > >> sent to the in-built js console
> > >>     errorHandler : function (msg, url, lno) {
> > >>         DynAPI.errors[DynAPI.errors.length] = [url,lno,msg];
> > >>         // if the page has already loaded, errors will be
> > >> alerted instead of
> > >> sent to the debug page
> > >>         if (DynAPI.loaded&&DynAPI.displayerrors)
> > >>             alert("Error in '" + url + "'.\nLine number: " + lno +
> > >> ".\nMessage: " + msg);
> > >>         return DynAPI.displayerrors;
> > >>     },
> > >>
> > >> // The following line is added at the end of the loadHandler:
> > >> if (DynAPI.errors.length&&DynAPI.displayerrors) DynAPI.errorOutput();
> > >>
> > >> // The following line is added at the end of the dynapi.js
> > >> onerror = DynAPI.errorHandler;
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Michael Pemberton
> > >> mp...@ph...
> > >> ICQ: 12107010
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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> >
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Re: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method

[Michael P. <mp...@ph...>]

yeahit does.  I've been using it in my version for months.  I just thought
it might be too much to include in the core API. : )

Pascal wrote:

> I'll see if I can implement this error handling into the DynAPI.
>
> does it work crossbrowser? (ie4+ and NS4+)
>
> Pascal Bestebroer (pb...@oi...)
> Software ontwikkelaar
> Oberon Informatiesystemen b.v.
> http://www.oibv.com
>
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > Van: dyn...@li...
> > [mailto:dyn...@li...]Namens Michael
> > Pemberton
> > Verzonden: donderdag 15 februari 2001 7:22
> > Aan: dyn...@li...
> > Onderwerp: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] A handy DEBUG method
> >
> >
> > I've got an alternative method that caches the errors until
> > everything has
> > loaded and generates a error output page.  It can also be
> > told to display
> > javascript errors or even catch and not display javascript errors.
> >
> > DynAPI {
> >     errors : [],
> >     displayerrors : false, // indicates if you wish all
> > errors to be caught or
> > sent to the in-built js console
> >     errorHandler : function (msg, url, lno) {
> >         DynAPI.errors[DynAPI.errors.length] = [url,lno,msg];
> >         // if the page has already loaded, errors will be
> > alerted instead of
> > sent to the debug page
> >         if (DynAPI.loaded&&DynAPI.displayerrors)
> >             alert("Error in '" + url + "'.\nLine number: " + lno +
> > ".\nMessage: " + msg);
> >         return DynAPI.displayerrors;
> >     },
> >
> > // The following line is added at the end of the loadHandler:
> > if (DynAPI.errors.length&&DynAPI.displayerrors) DynAPI.errorOutput();
> >
> > // The following line is added at the end of the dynapi.js
> > onerror = DynAPI.errorHandler;
> >
> > --
> > Michael Pemberton
> > mp...@ph...
> > ICQ: 12107010
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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