/// <summary>
/// Writes user-mode minidump information to the specified file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fileToDump">A string to the file in which the information is to be written.</param>
/// <param name="dumpType">The type of information to be generated.
/// This parameter can be one or more of the values from the MINIDUMP_TYPE enumeration.</param>
/// <returns>If the function succeeds, the return value is TRUE; otherwise, the return value is FALSE.
/// To retrieve extended error information, call GetLastError. Note that the last error will be an HRESULT value.
///
/// If the operation is canceled, the last error code is HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_CANCELLED).</returns>
/// <remarks>The MiniDumpCallback function receives extended minidump information from MiniDumpWriteDump.
/// It also provides a way for the caller to determine the granularity of information written
/// to the minidump file, as the callback function can filter the default information.
///
/// MiniDumpWriteDump may not produce a valid stack trace for the calling thread.
/// To work around this problem, you must capture the state of the calling thread before
/// calling MiniDumpWriteDump and use it as the ExceptionParam parameter.
/// One way to do this is to force an exception inside a __try/__except block and use the EXCEPTION_POINTERS
/// information provided by GetExceptionInformation.
/// Alternatively, you can call the function from a
/// new worker thread and filter this worker thread from the dump.</remarks>
public static bool MiniDumpToFile(string fileToDump, Dbghelp.MINIDUMP_TYPE dumpType)
{
if (Environment.OSVersion.Platform != PlatformID.Win32NT)
{
return(false);
}
bool result;
using (FileStream fsToDump = File.Exists(fileToDump) ? File.Open(fileToDump, FileMode.Append) : File.Create(fileToDump))
{
Process thisProcess = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
result = Dbghelp.MiniDumpWriteDump(thisProcess.Handle, thisProcess.Id,
fsToDump.SafeFileHandle.DangerousGetHandle(), dumpType,
IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
fsToDump.Close();
}
return(result);
}