Thanks to the guy at Microsoft
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who decided it would be CRAZY if I could select or otherwise make copies of text in error messages shown with a message box.
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Works on 99% of messageboxes.Shift-Ctrl-C to copy messageboxes/errors ... Example from a messagebox in IE. --------------------------- Message from webpage --------------------------- You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to .... --------------------------- OK --------------------------- That was an alert in IE ...
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who decided it would be CRAZY if I could select or otherwise make copies of text in error messages shown with a message box.
Christian Graus My new article series is all about SQL !!!
And why is it always in the middle of the screen? Why does it expand to fit it's content, even if that is too big for the screen? :mad: These are reasons I wrote this tip: ErrorMessageBox: an improved MessageBox for error reports[^] - so at least my errors could be copy'n'pasted to an email... :sigh:
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who decided it would be CRAZY if I could select or otherwise make copies of text in error messages shown with a message box.
Christian Graus My new article series is all about SQL !!!
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You can try debugging it will get you the error text
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Interestingly, I didn't write all of the programs I run :-)
Christian Graus My new article series is all about SQL !!!
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Interestingly, I didn't write all of the programs I run :-)
Christian Graus My new article series is all about SQL !!!
You beat me to the punch with that answer.
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You can sometimes select the error box and hit Ctl+c then paste to notepad. Does not always work though.
That's the best tip ever!
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who decided it would be CRAZY if I could select or otherwise make copies of text in error messages shown with a message box.
Christian Graus My new article series is all about SQL !!!
Actually, you're wrong on that one. on ANY native windows dialog (does not work if the developer used a window with a label on it, it must be a dialog) you can just select the dialog (i.e.: by clicking on the title bar) and then press ctrl+c, that will copy the entire window text (including title and buttons). you can then paste it on notepad and select just the bit you want. the only problem is that it's becoming each time rarer to find native windows dialogs, because developers think they can do better, but most of the windows error messages still are shown on those dialogs.
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Except it's usually the #592982359058912847987923$sdj32 error.
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Jeez man, don't you know you're error codes yet? That's just the firzby is missing or misconfigured, the 86 character base64 code in the message should clearly tell what is missing.
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And why is it always in the middle of the screen? Why does it expand to fit it's content, even if that is too big for the screen? :mad: These are reasons I wrote this tip: ErrorMessageBox: an improved MessageBox for error reports[^] - so at least my errors could be copy'n'pasted to an email... :sigh:
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
Handy piece of code - I may take it a step or two further so I can optionally set the size of the Form, have more than 3 buttons etc when calling Show. :thumbsup:
Dave
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Interestingly, I didn't write all of the programs I run :-)
Christian Graus My new article series is all about SQL !!!
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who decided it would be CRAZY if I could select or otherwise make copies of text in error messages shown with a message box.
Christian Graus My new article series is all about SQL !!!
I would also like to thank whoever broke Ctrl+C. In the before the before, I could highlight text, Alt+Tab, then Ctrl+V. Now, the vast majority I am forced to right-click, select copy in order to ensure that I actually have the item in question in the clipboard. Nearly as annoying, I think .
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Actually, you're wrong on that one. on ANY native windows dialog (does not work if the developer used a window with a label on it, it must be a dialog) you can just select the dialog (i.e.: by clicking on the title bar) and then press ctrl+c, that will copy the entire window text (including title and buttons). you can then paste it on notepad and select just the bit you want. the only problem is that it's becoming each time rarer to find native windows dialogs, because developers think they can do better, but most of the windows error messages still are shown on those dialogs.
I tried that, on a standard windows error dialog, before posting my post.
Christian Graus My new article series is all about SQL !!!
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I tried that, on a standard windows error dialog, before posting my post.
Christian Graus My new article series is all about SQL !!!
If it was on explorer, then it's not a standard windows error dialog. I was so sad when i needed to copy something from it and couldn't :(( Applications i know that use the standard dialogs are: visual studio (some places, mainly when he gives you an obvious BadDeveloperException), IE, notepad++ general error messages from windows himself can also be copied, but it's becoming less common, as more people move to directX enabled windows.
