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Proc names in message box - inviting hackers?

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    Proc names in message box - inviting hackers?

    Hi

    I have an error handler at end of every procedure/function of my macros that returns a message box similar to following:

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    For easy debugging, in the error I plan to hard code the proc/function name in the error message, as follows

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    Question: Will displaying proc/function names to end users make my application more vulnerable to hackers, etc?

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    Re: Proc names in message box - inviting hackers?

    Any thoughts, please?

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    Re: Proc names in message box - inviting hackers?

    Any hacker worth the name could break into your code in less than a minute, so why worry?
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    Re: Proc names in message box - inviting hackers?

    OK, I will go ahead with this plan then. Thanks for your inputs.

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    Re: Proc names in message box - inviting hackers?

    More seriously, what you may find useful is to pop up a simpler error message for the users and write more detailed information out to a log file for debugging purposes.

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