VS 2008 console application no default exception message

[Ken Varn]

I have just started using VS 2008 after being on VS 2003. I am running a
native console C++ application. Whenever the application experiences an
un-caught exception, it just terminates. If I remember correctly, VS 2003
would display some sort of message or something (Access violation, divide by
0, etc..). How do I get VS 2008 C++ console app to handle uncaught
exceptions this way? I don't want it to just silently terminate.

In addition, I have tried using SEH, but still have some things that do not
get caught and just terminate the app. This makes it very difficult to
debug.

[Nathan Mates]

Post by Ken Varn
I have just started using VS 2008 after being on VS 2003. I am running a
native console C++ application. Whenever the application experiences an
un-caught exception, it just terminates. If I remember correctly, VS 2003
would display some sort of message or something (Access violation, divide by
0, etc..). How do I get VS 2008 C++ console app to handle uncaught
exceptions this way? I don't want it to just silently terminate.

Nothing specific about console vs Windows app. Call
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms680634%28VS.85%29.aspx and
you can do whatever you want. Search around the internet, you can
probably find some useful code to open dialog boxes, dump callstacks,
or more.

Nathan Mates
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