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Error Report Control Panel OS Design Development (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

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1/5/2010

The Error Report Control Panel provides a control panel icon and dialog boxes for setting options for error reporting.

This section describes the dialogs, Sysgen variables, and registry settings associated with the Error Report Control Panel.

Error Report Control Panel Dialogs

When a user first opens the Error Report Control Panel, the control panel code determines if the OEM who created the OS design reserved sufficient memory for the dump file. If the memory reserve is insufficient, the panel displays a message that notifies the user how much memory reserve is required.

The Error Report Control Panel includes a configuration dialog box that allows the user to change the error reporting properties.

The following list shows the error reporting properties the user can change from the control panel dialog:

  • Enable or disable error reporting
    On a device with a UI, error reporting is enabled by default. On a device without a UI, error reporting is disabled by default.
  • Display upload success or failure
    If the OEM who created the OS design included the Client Upload UI in the design, the control panel dialog displays check boxes that allow the user to choose to display upload status.
  • Change the file system usage
    The control panel dialog box contains a set of radio buttons that allow the user to select the amount of space to use on the file system for storing dump files.
    The minimum size is the size returned by DrWatsonGetSize, the space reserved by the OEM for intermediate storage of the dump files.
    The maximum size is typically 4 times the minimum.

OS Design Information

The following table shows operating system design information for the Error Reporting Control Panel.

Concept Description

Dependencies

Minimal COM, GDI Configuration, GWES Configuration, Window Manager Configuration, and Input Configuration

Compression

Control Panel applications

Full C run-time

Standard I/O

Hardware considerations

Assumes a target device with a user interface.

Modules and Components

The following table shows the components and modules that implement Error Report Control Panel.

Item Module Component

Control Panel

DwCtlPnl.dll

Error Reporting Control Panel

Implementation Considerations

The following table shows the Sysgen variables for the Error Reporting Control Panel.

Sysgen variable Description

SYSGEN_WATSON_CTLPNL

Generates the Control Panel icon and functionality for Error Reporting Control Panel.

See Also

Other Resources

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