Copying text of error messages from dialogs

Posted March 19, 2011 by guest
NAADSM 3.1

There is no way currently to copy text of error messages displayed in dialog boxes to easily send that information to developers. Could this feature be added?

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Re: Copying text of error messages from dialogs

Posted March 19, 2011 by Aaron Reeves

That's an interesting idea. It would take a little time to implement in NAADSM, but in the mean time, there are two possible solutions to your problem:

Use the copy feature in Microsoft Windows

Since Windows 2000, message dialogs can be copied to the clipboard. Click on the title of the dialog box, and press Ctrl-C. This will copy the text of the dialog box to the clipboard. It can then be pasted into a text file, an email message, or any other document. (Thanks to Ric Hupalo for pointing out this feature!)

Take a screen capture

When the dialog box is displayed, press the "Print screen" button on your keyboard. This will copy the image currently displayed on your screen to the clipboard. From there, the image can be pasted into Microsoft Paint (included with Windows) or into any other image editing application, where it can be saved to a file.