Show a message box when runaway exception happens

This is more clear to users than when the program simply disappears (usually during initialization). It still logs the message to the console and debug log as well.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
index bfb49cbcab..463b2cfa79 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ std::string _(const char* psz)
     return QCoreApplication::translate("bitcoin-core", psz).toStdString();
 }
 
+/* Handle runaway exceptions. Shows a message box with the problem and quits the program.
+ */
+static void handleRunawayException(std::exception *e)
+{
+    PrintExceptionContinue(e, "Runaway exception");
+    QMessageBox::critical(0, "Runaway exception", BitcoinGUI::tr("A fatal error occured. Bitcoin can no longer continue safely and will quit.") + QString("\n\n") + QString::fromStdString(strMiscWarning));
+    exit(1);
+}
+
 #ifdef WIN32
 #define strncasecmp strnicmp
 #endif
@@ -284,9 +293,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             return 1;
         }
     } catch (std::exception& e) {
-        PrintException(&e, "Runaway exception");
+        handleRunawayException(&e);
     } catch (...) {
-        PrintException(NULL, "Runaway exception");
+        handleRunawayException(NULL);
     }
     return 0;
 }