Handle properly exception that can be thrown by to_local8bit

[lyx.git] / src / support / os_cygwin.cpp

diff --git a/src/support/os_cygwin.cpp b/src/support/os_cygwin.cpp
index 3464c04d785142fd4a4db3e10f686747addceef8..c2bdb387a699bd0979511d314f68a05dc2f3e208 100644 (file)
--- a/src/support/os_cygwin.cpp
+++ b/src/support/os_cygwin.cpp
@@ -456,8 +456,16 @@ bool autoOpenFile(string const & filename, auto_open_mode const mode,
                cygwin_internal(CW_SYNC_WINENV);
        }
 
+       string win_path;
+       try {
+               win_path = to_local8bit(from_utf8(convert_path(filename, PathStyle(windows))));
+       } catch (...) {
+               LYXERR0("Cannot encode file name `" << filename << "' to local 8 bit encoding");
+               return false;
+       }
+
+
        // reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762153.aspx
-       string const win_path = to_local8bit(from_utf8(convert_path(filename, PathStyle(windows))));
        char const * action = (mode == VIEW) ? "open" : "edit";
        bool success = reinterpret_cast<long>(ShellExecute(NULL, action,
                                        win_path.c_str(), NULL, NULL, 1)) > 32;