How can I disable "Microsoft Visual C++ Debug Library" exception dialogues?

Question

Hi guys,

If I run an executable that throws an exception ( built in debug ), I will receive an error dialog, saying something like "Debug assertion failed" and then some information about the exception. While this happens, the program's execution is suspended, until I choose one of "Abort", "Retry" or "Ignore" options.

The thing is, I run a lot of applications from a script, and if one of them throws an exception, it pauses my script until it's handled.

Is there someway to disable this exception handling mechanism?

Answer 1

Can you build your executables as release? If I recall, that should stop the assertion errors from appearing.

Answer 2

If you can modify the source of the application(s), have a look at the _CrtSetReportMode function, eg:

_CrtSetReportMode(_CRT_ASSERT, 0);

See msdn for more.