[Bug 5599] New: Make fatal errors display a Windows message box

[Wine Bugs]

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5599

           Summary: Make fatal errors display a Windows message box
           Product: Wine
           Version: CVS
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: wine-misc
        AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
        ReportedBy: chris.kcat at gmail.com


This is a "feature" I find sorely lacking, especially for people who like 
to 'click and pray'. Normally when Wine fails and causes the app to die, it 
prints out something to the console then exits. I think it would be really 
helpful if it also brought up a message box, so it's a little more direct 
about the problem. Things like failing to load a required DLL would benefit, 
since even if the console is there, the actual error is not always easilly 
readable (there could be multiple errors intermixed with other messages, and 
the message has these wierd symbols around the string and has backslashes 
doubled up; all making it difficult). It would also help seperate Wine 
problems (missing DLLs typically are not) from actual program problems.

It might also be nice to have crash data grabbed from winedbg thrown into a 
message box as well (something akin to Windows' infamous illegal operation 
error dialog), along with printing to the console.

This would be useful since even apps that are known to work can still crash on 
their own accord, through no fault of Wine's. And even if not, it would be 
handy having a box pop right up that you can easilly Select All/Copy/Paste 
from. Echoing fatal errors from the console to a message box for the user to 
see would help move away from requiring a console to monitor output just in 
case the program crashes, though they could still be encouraged to use a 
console when investigating a problem.

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