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I want trace the call stack when ogre throw OgreException outof VS IDE sometimes .
I can use the DBGHELPER.dll to walk through callstack and get the symbo information.
So, I Need to get the CONTEXT from the exception point.
But I can't get this form catch point As Ogre use std::exception that has not CONTEXT.
So I make a modify to ogre exception:
OgreException.h:
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#define OGRE_EXCEPT ....

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#ifndef OGRE_EXCEPT
#define OGRE_EXCEPT ....
#endif


I can make a custom version OGRE_EXCEPT in OgreConfig.h to provide call stack trace now.

In OgreConfig.h
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void DoExceptionCallStackTrace(const char* exception_description,const char* prefix_file_name);
#define OGRE_EXCEPT(num, desc, src) do{    Ogre::String temp=desc;    DoExceptionCallStackTrace(temp.c_str(),"Ogre exception");     throw Ogre::ExceptionFactory::create( Ogre::ExceptionCodeType<num>(), desc, src, __FILE__, __LINE__ );}while(0);

#ifdef _DEBUG
#    pragma comment(lib,"CallStackTraceD.lib")
#else
#    pragma comment(lib,"CallStackTrace.lib")
#endif


CallStackTrace.lib include
DoExceptionCallStackTrace and Konstantin Boukreev's Sym_Engine
sym_engine.h coming from code project

DoExceptionCallStackTrace function:

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#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <time.h>
#include <algorithm>

#include "sym_engine.h"

static std::string getTimeString()
{
    _tzset();
    char temp1[128];
    char temp2[128];
    // Display operating system-style date and time. 
    _strtime_s( temp1, 128 );
    _strdate_s( temp2, 128 );

    std::string result=temp2;
    result+=" ";
    result+=temp1;
    std::replace(result.begin(),result.end(),':','-');
    std::replace(result.begin(),result.end(),'/','-');
    return result;
}
void DoExceptionCallStackTrace(const char* exception_description,const char* prefix_file_name)
{
    CONTEXT c;
    memset(&c, 0, sizeof(CONTEXT));
    c.ContextFlags = CONTEXT_FULL; 

    __asm    call x 
    __asm x: pop eax 
    __asm    mov c.Eip, eax
    __asm    mov c.Ebp, ebp 
    __asm    mov c.Esp, esp 

    std::stringstream ss(std::ios::out);

    sym_engine::stack_trace(ss,&c,1);
    
    std::string file_name=prefix_file_name;
    static int id=0;
    id++;
    char buf[16];
    sprintf_s(buf,16," %04d ",id);
    file_name+=buf;
    file_name+=getTimeString();
    file_name+=".txt";

    std::fstream fs(file_name.c_str(),std::ios::out);
    fs<<exception_description;
    fs<<"\n";
    fs<<"call stack:\n";
    fs<<ss.str();
    fs.close();
}


Now we run ogre out of IDE:
I can get a file named Ogre exception 0001 06-11-07 17-41-24.txt.
the file include:

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Cannot locate resource varianceshadowcastervp.cg in resource group Effect or any other group.
call stack:
d:\work\ogre\ogrenew\ogremain\src\ogreresourcegroupmanager.cpp(602) : OgreMain_d.dll at Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::openResource()
d:\work\ogre\ogrenew\ogremain\src\ogrehighlevelgpuprogram.cpp(152) : OgreMain_d.dll at Ogre::HighLevelGpuProgram::loadHighLevelImpl()
d:\work\ogre\ogrenew\ogremain\src\ogrehighlevelgpuprogram.cpp(109) : OgreMain_d.dll at Ogre::HighLevelGpuProgram::loadHighLevel()
d:\work\ogre\ogrenew\ogremain\src\ogrehighlevelgpuprogram.cpp(90) : OgreMain_d.dll at Ogre::HighLevelGpuProgram::createParameters()
d:\work\ogre\ogrenew\ogremain\src\ogregpuprogram.cpp(320) : OgreMain_d.dll at Ogre::GpuProgram::getDefaultParameters()
d:\work\ogre\ogrenew\ogremain\src\ogrematerialserializer.cpp(3131) : OgreMain_d.dll at Ogre::MaterialSerializer::finishProgramDefinition()
d:\work\ogre\ogrenew\ogremain\src\ogrematerialserializer.cpp(3003) : OgreMain_d.dll at Ogre::MaterialSerializer::parseScriptLine()
d:\work\ogre\ogrenew\ogremain\src\ogrematerialserializer.cpp(2864) : OgreMain_d.dll at Ogre::MaterialSerializer::parseScript()
d:\work\ogre\ogrenew\ogremain\src\ogrematerialmanager.cpp(164) : OgreMain_d.dll at Ogre::MaterialManager::parseScript()
d:\work\ogre\ogrenew\ogremain\src\ogreresourcegroupmanager.cpp(784) : OgreMain_d.dll at Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::parseResourceGroupScripts()
d:\work\ogre\ogrenew\ogremain\src\ogreresourcegroupmanager.cpp(145) : OgreMain_d.dll at Ogre::ResourceGroupManager::initialiseAllResourceGroups()
d:\work\code\gameclient\appframework\gameapplication.cpp(255) : GameClient.exe at GameApplication::loadResources()
d:\work\code\gameclient\appframework\gameapplication.cpp(82) : GameClient.exe at GameApplication::setup()
d:\work\code\gameclient\appframework\gameapplication.cpp(38) : GameClient.exe at GameApplication::go()
d:\work\code\gameclient\gameclient.cpp(70) : GameClient.exe at main()
f:\sp\vctools\crt_bld\self_x86\crt\src\crtexe.c(597) : GameClient.exe at __tmainCRTStartup()
f:\sp\vctools\crt_bld\self_x86\crt\src\crtexe.c(414) : GameClient.exe at mainCRTStartup()
 (0) : kernel32.dll at IsProcessorFeaturePresent()

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