Global exception handling. Threadsafe MessageBoxAlertAdminDialog

Source/AppScaffolding/LibationScaffolding.cs

@@ -256,18 +256,21 @@ namespace AppScaffolding
 
 		private static void logStartupState(Configuration config)
 		{
+#if DEBUG
+			var mode = "Debug";
+#else
+			var mode = "Release";
+#endif
+			if (System.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached)
+				mode += " (Debugger attached)";
+
 			// begin logging session with a form feed
 			Log.Logger.Information("\r\n\f");
 			Log.Logger.Information("Begin. {@DebugInfo}", new
 			{
 				AppName = EntryAssembly.GetName().Name,
 				Version = BuildVersion.ToString(),
-#if DEBUG
+				Mode = mode,
-				Mode = "Debug",
-#else
-				Mode = "Release",
-#endif
-
 				LogLevel_Verbose_Enabled = Log.Logger.IsVerboseEnabled(),
 				LogLevel_Debug_Enabled = Log.Logger.IsDebugEnabled(),
 				LogLevel_Information_Enabled = Log.Logger.IsInformationEnabled(),

Source/LibationWinForms/Dialogs/AccountsDialog.cs

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ namespace LibationWinForms.Dialogs
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex)
 			{
-				MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert("Error attempting to save accounts", "Error saving accounts", ex);
+				MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert(this, "Error attempting to save accounts", "Error saving accounts", ex);
 			}
 		}
 

Source/LibationWinForms/Dialogs/EditTemplateDialog.cs

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace LibationWinForms.Dialogs
 
 			if (template is null)
 			{
-				MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert($"Programming error. {nameof(EditTemplateDialog)} was not created correctly", "Edit template error", new NullReferenceException($"{nameof(template)} is null"));
+				MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert(this, $"Programming error. {nameof(EditTemplateDialog)} was not created correctly", "Edit template error", new NullReferenceException($"{nameof(template)} is null"));
 				return;
 			}
 

Source/LibationWinForms/Dialogs/RemoveBooksDialog.cs

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ namespace LibationWinForms.Dialogs
 			catch (Exception ex)
 			{
 				MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert(
+					this,
 					"Error scanning library. You may still manually select books to remove from Libation's library.",
 					"Error scanning library",
 					ex);

Source/LibationWinForms/Form1.Export.cs

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace LibationWinForms
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex)
 			{
-				MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert("Error attempting to export your library.", "Error exporting", ex);
+				MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert(this, "Error attempting to export your library.", "Error exporting", ex);
 			}
 		}
 	}

Source/LibationWinForms/Form1.ScanManual.cs

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ namespace LibationWinForms
 			catch (Exception ex)
 			{
 				MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert(
+					this,
 					"Error importing library. Please try again. If this still happens after 2 or 3 tries, stop and contact administrator",
 					"Error importing library",
 					ex);

Source/LibationWinForms/MessageBoxLib.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 using DataLayer;
 using Dinah.Core.Logging;
+using Dinah.Core.Threading;
 using LibationWinForms.Dialogs;
 using Serilog;
 
@@ -14,12 +15,16 @@ namespace LibationWinForms
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Logs error. Displays a message box dialog with specified text and caption.
 		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="synchronizeInvoke">Form calling this method.</param>
 		/// <param name="text">The text to display in the message box.</param>
 		/// <param name="caption">The text to display in the title bar of the message box.</param>
-		/// <param name="exception">Exception to log</param>
+		/// <param name="exception">Exception to log.</param>
-		/// <returns>One of the System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult values.</returns>
+		public static void ShowAdminAlert(System.ComponentModel.ISynchronizeInvoke owner, string text, string caption, Exception exception)
-		public static DialogResult ShowAdminAlert(string text, string caption, Exception exception)
 		{
+			// for development and debugging, show me what broke!
+			if (System.Diagnostics.Debugger.IsAttached)
+				throw exception;
+
 			try
 			{
 				Serilog.Log.Logger.Error(exception, "Alert admin error: {@DebugText}", new { text, caption });
@@ -27,7 +32,19 @@ namespace LibationWinForms
 			catch { }
 
 			using var form = new MessageBoxAlertAdminDialog(text, caption, exception);
-			return form.ShowDialog();
+
+			if (owner is not null)
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					owner.UIThreadSync(() => form.ShowDialog());
+					return;
+				}
+				catch { }
+			}
+
+			// synchronizeInvoke is null or previous attempt failed. final try
+			form.ShowDialog();
 		}
 
         public static void VerboseLoggingWarning_ShowIfTrue()

Source/LibationWinForms/Program.cs

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace LibationWinForms
 #if !DEBUG
 				checkForUpdate();
 #endif
-
+				// logging is init'd here
 				AppScaffolding.LibationScaffolding.RunPostMigrationScaffolding(config);
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace LibationWinForms
 				var body = "An unrecoverable error occurred. Since this error happened before logging could be initialized, this error can not be written to the log file.";
 				try
 				{
-					MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert(body, title, ex);
+					MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert(null, body, title, ex);
 				}
 				catch
 				{
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ namespace LibationWinForms
 				return;
             }
 
+			// global exception handling (ShowAdminAlert) attempts to use logging. only call it after logging has been init'd
+			postLoggingGlobalExceptionHandling();
+
 			Application.Run(new Form1());
 		}
 
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ namespace LibationWinForms
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex)
 			{
-				MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert("Error checking for update", "Error checking for update", ex);
+				MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert(null, "Error checking for update", "Error checking for update", ex);
 				return;
 			}
 
@@ -182,5 +185,16 @@ namespace LibationWinForms
 
 			Updater.Run(upgradeProperties.LatestRelease, upgradeProperties.ZipUrl);
 		}
+
+		private static void postLoggingGlobalExceptionHandling()
+		{
+			// this line is all that's needed for strict handling
+			AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += (_, e) => MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert(null, "Libation has crashed due to an unhandled error.", "Application crash!", (Exception)e.ExceptionObject);
+
+			// these 2 lines makes it graceful. sync (eg in main form's ctor) and thread exceptions will still crash us, but event (sync, void async, Task async) will not
+			Application.ThreadException += (_, e) => MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert(null, "Libation has encountered an unexpected error.", "Unexpected error", e.Exception);
+			// I never found a case where including made a difference. I think this enum is default and including it will override app user config file
+			Application.SetUnhandledExceptionMode(UnhandledExceptionMode.CatchException);
+		}
 	}
 }

Source/LibationWinForms/Updater.cs

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace LibationWinForms
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex)
 			{
-				MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert("Error downloading update", "Error downloading update", ex);
+				MessageBoxLib.ShowAdminAlert(null, "Error downloading update", "Error downloading update", ex);
 			}
 		}
 	}