Re: Automatic Win32 regression test crashes

From: rogeeff (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-16 12:29:28

--- In boost_at_y..., "quendezus" <quendez_at_4...> wrote:
> --- In boost_at_y..., "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_r...> wrote:
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jason Shirk" <jasonsh_at_m...>
> > 
> > > I assume the question is how to suppress any message box or 
> window that
> > > any random assert implementation might use.
> > >
> > > If so, I don't have the answer.  The ideas I do have are too 
> complicated
> > > to bother with for this problem.
> > 
> > I remember a trick I had to use when imlementing printing on 
> windows, in
> > order to get a record of the printer's settings without making 
them 
> deal
> > with a dialog box. It involved some kind of hook that posted an 
> event to
> > press the dialog's OK button before it was ever seen. This was 
from 
> MSDN,
> > I'm pretty sure. Ugly, but effective.
> > 
> > -Dave
> 
> 
> If it can help, I have a very small win32 tool that runs an 
> executable and waits for its completion. After a certain amount of 
> time, if the executable has not terminated, the tool closes it by 
> sending WM_CLOSE events to all windows. This works well for 
programs 
> that generate assertions on win32 (in fact, the tool has been 
> designed for this purpose).
> 
> Sylvain

This is not the case, since I am dealing mostly with console 
applications. Anyway I have found solution that fit perfectly for my 
purposes: _CrtSetReportHook.

Gennadiy.