From a7a0c7a1bf3461bd43aacaf03ee5015903ead168 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" <laanwj@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:41:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] 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.
---
 src/qt/bitcoin.cpp | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
index bfb49cbc..463b2cfa 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;
 }