Yesterday I posted a tip for people looking to get into programming, so today I am going to point .Net developers to a tool I have found incredibly useful: Exception Reporter.

ExceptionReporter is a .NET component (C#) that adds error reporting capability to .NET WinForms applications by displaying detailed information about an Exception (message, sysinfo, assemblies/versions, inner exceptions etc). It also allows the application user to e-mail, print or save exception information.

Exception Reporter is an absolute breeze to use and it works in both C# and Visual Basic .Net. There are numerous screenshots on the web page and the provided documentation explains how to integrate it into your code. From experience I can tell you, this tool is invaluable because it allows provides your users with a dummy proof way to send you the error information you need in order to troubleshoot.

All in all, this is a fantastic resource for handling exceptions in .Net. I have integrated this into several of my programs and couldn’t be happier with the results.