Hi,
Is there any best practice dictating where and how to display an error message for the plug in?
Say my verification plug in encountered an error while verifying the text. Where should I display this error message?
Should I throw an Exception (which will be displayed as an Exception window in Trados)?
Should I display an error in the verification results?
Should I fail silently?
Thanks!
For a verification plugin you should display the error in the verification results. In order to display the exception you will have to stop all the verification that must happen and this can counter productive. Also hiding the error is not a good idea since people will not understand why the app is not doing what they are expecting.
I can also add a logging mechanism to a file using log4net or nlog.
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