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Advantages:
✅ Safe: The old file is always deleted before a new one is created.
✅ Efficient: No more checking the size or content of the previous file.
✅ Clean: Old logs don't accumulate over time.

This approach is ideal if you want to start with a fresh log every time the application runs. 🚀

✅ Full Header Compliance:
Implemented all methods declared in the header file
Matched all function signatures exactly

✅ Fixed Linking Errors:
Added proper DirectSound and IMM32 library linking
Implemented all previously missing methods

✅ Robust Error Handling:
Added comprehensive checks for all API calls
Safe string handling throughout

✅ Memory Safety:
Used secure string functions (_s versions)
Proper buffer size management

✅ Complete Feature Set:
Full system information reporting
OpenGL capabilities
Sound card detection
IME/Keyboard information

Is not complet yet but is god
At least it's organized and you can understand something.

Advantages:
✅ Safe: The old file is always deleted before a new one is created.
✅ Efficient: No more checking the size or content of the previous file.
✅ Clean: Old logs don't accumulate over time.

This approach is ideal if you want to start with a fresh log every time the application runs. 🚀

✅ Full Header Compliance:
Implemented all methods declared in the header file
Matched all function signatures exactly 

✅ Fixed Linking Errors:
Added proper DirectSound and IMM32 library linking
Implemented all previously missing methods

✅ Robust Error Handling:
Added comprehensive checks for all API calls
Safe string handling throughout

✅ Memory Safety:
Used secure string functions (_s versions)
Proper buffer size management

✅ Complete Feature Set:
Full system information reporting
OpenGL capabilities
Sound card detection
IME/Keyboard information

Is not complet yet but is god
At least its organized and you can understand something.
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Summary of Changes

Hello @dracy21, I'm Gemini Code Assist1! I'm currently reviewing this pull request and will post my feedback shortly. In the meantime, here's a summary to help you and other reviewers quickly get up to speed!

This pull request significantly refactors the CErrorReport class, aiming to enhance the robustness, safety, and clarity of error logging. The primary goal is to ensure that each application run starts with a fresh, clean log file, while also improving the formatting and completeness of the reported system and application information.

Highlights

  • Log File Management: Implemented logic to automatically delete the previous MuError.log file upon CErrorReport initialization and ensured the file is always created fresh using CREATE_ALWAYS, preventing old log accumulation. Additionally, new log files now include a UTF-16 Byte Order Mark (BOM).
  • Robust Wide String Handling: Corrected WriteFile calls in WriteDebugInfoStr and HexWrite to properly handle wide characters by multiplying string length by sizeof(wchar_t), preventing truncated output when writing Unicode strings.
  • Improved Buffer Safety: Increased the internal buffer size for formatted log messages in the Write method from 1024 to 2048 and utilized _countof for safer buffer management with vswprintf, reducing the risk of buffer overflows.
  • Enhanced Log Formatting: Introduced a new helper function WriteLabelValue for consistent key-value pair logging. Existing methods like WriteSystemInfo and WriteOpenGLInfo were refactored to leverage this helper, producing more structured and readable output. The log beginning now also includes the current date and time.
  • Code Clean-up and Refinement: Removed obsolete commented-out code related to Xor_ConvertBuffer and added a check for INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE before attempting to close the file handle in the Destroy method, improving code robustness.
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Code Review

The pull request enhances the error logging mechanism by creating a fresh log file on each application start and improving the log's structure. The review focuses on memory safety by suggesting the use of secure string functions and robust error checking.


void CErrorReport::Create(wchar_t* lpszFileName)
{
wcscpy(m_lpszFileName, lpszFileName);
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Use wcscpy_s instead of wcscpy to avoid potential buffer overflows. wcscpy_s ensures the destination buffer is large enough to hold the source string.

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wcscpy(m_lpszFileName, lpszFileName);
wcscpy_s(m_lpszFileName, _countof(m_lpszFileName), lpszFileName);

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WriteLabelValue(L"Vendor", (wchar_t*)glGetString(GL_VENDOR));
WriteLabelValue(L"Render", (wchar_t*)glGetString(GL_RENDERER));
WriteLabelValue(L"OpenGL version", (wchar_t*)glGetString(GL_VERSION));
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glGetString returns const GLubyte*. Casting directly to wchar_t* is incorrect. Convert from the original encoding (likely ASCII or UTF-8) to wchar_t using MultiByteToWideChar.

void CErrorReport::WriteLabelValue(const wchar_t* label, const wchar_t* value) {
const int labelWidth = 25;
wchar_t buffer[256];
swprintf(buffer, L"%-*s: %s\r\n", labelWidth, label, value);
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Consider using swprintf_s for improved memory safety. This prevents potential buffer overflows by ensuring null-termination, even if truncation occurs.

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swprintf(buffer, L"%-*s: %s\r\n", labelWidth, label, value);
swprintf_s(buffer, _countof(buffer), L"%-*s: %s\r\n", labelWidth, label, value);

// Adaugă BOM UTF-16
const wchar_t BOM = 0xFEFF;
DWORD written;
::WriteFile(m_hFile, &BOM, sizeof(BOM), &written, NULL); // :: for Windows API
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Check the return value of ::WriteFile to ensure the BOM was written successfully. Handle potential write failures to maintain log file integrity.

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::WriteFile(m_hFile, &BOM, sizeof(BOM), &written, NULL); // :: for Windows API
if (!::WriteFile(m_hFile, &BOM, sizeof(BOM), &written, NULL) || written != sizeof(BOM)) {
// Handle error, e.g., log a warning or close the file
} else {
::SetFilePointer(m_hFile, 0, NULL, FILE_END);
}

va_list va;
va_start(va, lpszFormat);
vswprintf(lpszBuffer, 1024, lpszFormat, va);
vswprintf(lpszBuffer, _countof(lpszBuffer), lpszFormat, va);
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Consider using vswprintf_s for enhanced buffer overflow protection. It provides stronger guarantees against buffer overflows and ensures null-termination.

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vswprintf(lpszBuffer, _countof(lpszBuffer), lpszFormat, va);
vswprintf_s(lpszBuffer, _countof(lpszBuffer), lpszFormat, va);

wchar_t szLine[256] = { 0 };
int offset = 0;
offset += swprintf(szLine, L"0x%00000008X : ", (DWORD*)pBuffer);
offset += swprintf(szLine, L"0x%08X : ", (DWORD*)pBuffer);
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Use swprintf_s instead of swprintf for improved buffer safety. Check the return value to correctly update offset.

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offset += swprintf(szLine, L"0x%08X : ", (DWORD*)pBuffer);
int chars_written = swprintf_s(szLine, _countof(szLine), L"0x%08X : ", (DWORD*)pBuffer);
if (chars_written > 0) offset = chars_written; else { /* Handle error */ return; }

offset += swprintf(szLine, L"0x%00000008X : ", (DWORD*)pBuffer);
offset += swprintf(szLine, L"0x%08X : ", (DWORD*)pBuffer);
for (int i = 0; i < iSize; i++) {
offset += swprintf(szLine + offset, L"%02X", *((BYTE*)pBuffer + i));
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Replace swprintf with swprintf_s for buffer safety. Pass the remaining buffer size to swprintf_s.

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offset += swprintf(szLine + offset, L"%02X", *((BYTE*)pBuffer + i));
int chars_written_loop = swprintf_s(szLine + offset, _countof(szLine) - offset, L"%02X", *((BYTE*)pBuffer + i));
if (chars_written_loop > 0) offset += chars_written_loop; else { /* Handle error */ break; }

WriteLabelValue(L"CPU", si->m_lpszCPU);

wchar_t ram[32];
swprintf(ram, L"%dMB", 1 + (si->m_iMemorySize / 1024 / 1024));
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Use swprintf_s instead of swprintf for improved memory safety with the ram buffer.

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swprintf(ram, L"%dMB", 1 + (si->m_iMemorySize / 1024 / 1024));
swprintf_s(ram, _countof(ram), L"%dMB", 1 + (si->m_iMemorySize / 1024 / 1024));

glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE, iResult);
Write(L"Max Texture size\t: %d x %d\r\n", iResult[0], iResult[0]);
wchar_t texSize[32];
swprintf(texSize, L"%d x %d", iResult[0], iResult[0]);
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Use swprintf_s instead of swprintf for improved memory safety with the texSize buffer. Apply the same change on line 240.

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swprintf(texSize, L"%d x %d", iResult[0], iResult[0]);
swprintf_s(texSize, _countof(texSize), L"%d x %d", iResult[0], iResult[0]);

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