In-app hang detection

Sonar can now detect hangs and save a minidump file, which allows you to easily submit minidump files to Cakewalk support for analysis. A minidump file records the state of a program as it is running, or at the moment of a crash or hang.

By default, the app is considered hung if the UI is blocked for 30 seconds after which an “Application Unresponsive” message appears, asking you to abort or wait. If you choose to abort, a hang dump file is saved to the %AppData%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core\MiniDumps folder, and the standard error dialog box is shown along with a description of common error codes.

The hang check timeout duration is configurable via a Cakewalk.ini variable named HungAppTimeoutSec. It defaults to a wait of 30 seconds.

To adjust the hang check timeout duration, add the following variable in Cakewalk.ini (Edit > Preferences > File - Initialization File):

HungAppTimeoutSec=<seconds> (default=30)

To disable hang checking, set the variable to HungAppTimeoutSec=0.

 

Note: Sonar dynamically changes the hang timeout while loading projects by bumping up the hang detector timeout to up to 2 minutes. This prevents false positives when saving large project files. Once loading finishes, it restores it back to the default (30 seconds).

Sending the dump file to Cakewalk for analysis

Once you have the dump file you can put it on a share like Dropbox, Google Drive etc. Next, log a problem report case with Cakewalk and include the link to the dump file.

 

Note: Dump files may include personally identifiable data so please do not post links to them publicly in the forums or elsewhere to protect your privacy.

 

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New features

 

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Frequently asked questions