Question

i have created a very simple console application in vb.net that emails me some info from the db daily. everythign works in my dev environment, however when i move it out to production and try to run the executable, i get the following error message:
“A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. please close the program”

i have put in some exception checks in the code:

Dim output As String
        Try
            output = FormatIndividualRecords(False)
            'SaveToFile(output, "NIndividualRecords.doc")


            ''email files
            'Emailusers()
        Catch e As Exception
            WriteLine(e.Message)
        End Try

and i expected the error to show up on the application console, but it does not, is there another way for me to see what error is being thrown? there is no development environment set up in production (no visual studio, etc), is there maaybe a log that that i can look at? how do i catch the error that’s causing the app to fail?

Thank you in advance!

EDIT: i chagned the WriteLine(e.Message) to console.write(e.message) now there appealrs to be a message on the console when i run the application, but it blinks too fast and closes, i don’t have time to see what it is… how can i get the console application to remain open?

Answer 1

Try directing output of the app to a file, rather than to the console…

MyProgram.exe > log.txt