Fix for issue #113

Closes #113

MFiles.VAF.Extensions/ConfigurableVaultApplicationBase.GetDashboardContent.cs

@@ -65,7 +65,17 @@ public override string GetDashboardContent(IConfigurationRequestContext context)
 			// Return the dashboard.
 			try
 			{
-				return dashboard.ToString();
+				var dashboardContent = dashboard.ToString();
+
+				// If we have no dashboard content and the base implementation
+				// of StartApplication was not called then this is likely a bug.
+				if(dashboard.Contents.Count == 0
+					&& !this.startApplicationCalled)
+				{
+					dashboardContent = "<p style='color: red;'>Exception rendering dashboard: <span style='font-family: Courier New, monospace'>base.StartApplication</span> not called.</p>";
+				}
+
+				return dashboardContent;
 			}
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{

MFiles.VAF.Extensions/ConfigurableVaultApplicationBase.cs

@@ -106,9 +106,11 @@ protected internal new IApplicationLicense License
 			set { base.License = value; }
 		}
 
+		private bool startApplicationCalled = false;
+
 		protected override void StartApplication()
 		{
-
+			this.startApplicationCalled = true;
 			this.RecurringOperationConfigurationManager = new RecurringOperationConfigurationManager<TSecureConfiguration>(this);
 			this.ApplicationOverviewDashboardContentRenderer = this.GetApplicationOverviewDashboardContentRenderer();
 			this.AsynchronousDashboardContentRenderer = this.GetAsynchronousDashboardContentRenderer();