Exception Hierarchy

The following table lists the classes derived from System.Exception .

Derived Classes

Class	Description
Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.InternalLoggerException	This exception is used to wrap an unhandled exception from a logger.
Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.InvalidProjectFileException	This exception is thrown whenever there is a problem with the user's XML project file. The problem might be semantic or syntactical. If the problem is in the syntax, it can typically be caught by XSD validation.
Microsoft.Build.Framework.LoggerException	Allows a logger to force the build to stop in an explicit way.
Microsoft.JScript.CmdLineException
Microsoft.JScript.ParserException
Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.CantStartSingleInstanceException	This exception is thrown when a subsequent instance of a single-instance application is unable to connect to the first application instance.
Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.NoStartupFormException	This exception is thrown by the Visual Basic Application Model when the MainForm property has not been set.
Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.IncompleteInitialization	The Visual Basic compiler uses this class during static local initialization; it is not meant to be called directly from your code. An exception of this type is thrown if a static local variable fails to initialize.
Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.InternalErrorException
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.MalformedLineException	The exception that is thrown when the ReadFields method cannot parse a row using the specified format.
Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX.DirectXException	The exception that is thrown by Windows Mobile DirectX for Managed Code applications.
System.ApplicationException	The exception that is thrown when a non-fatal application error occurs.
System.ComponentModel.Design.ExceptionCollection	Represents the collection of exceptions.
System.Configuration.Provider.ProviderException	The exception that is thrown when a configuration provider error has occurred. This exception class is also used by providers to throw exceptions when internal errors occur within the provider that do not map to other pre-existing exception classes.
System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyIsReadOnlyException	Provides an exception for read-only SettingsProperty objects.
System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyNotFoundException	Provides an exception for SettingsProperty objects that are not found.
System.Configuration.SettingsPropertyWrongTypeException	Provides an exception that is thrown when an invalid type is used with a SettingsProperty object.
System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectoryObjectExistsException	The ActiveDirectoryObjectExistsException class exception is thrown when an Active Directory object is created and that object already exists in the underlying directory store.
System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectoryObjectNotFoundException	The ActiveDirectoryObjectNotFoundException class exception is thrown when a requested object is not found in the underlying directory store.
System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectoryOperationException	The ActiveDirectoryOperationException class exception is thrown when an underlying directory operation fails.
System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.ActiveDirectoryServerDownException	The ActiveDirectoryServerDownException class exception is thrown when a server is unavailable to respond to a service request.
System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.DirectoryException	The DirectoryException class is an abstract class used as the base class for all System.DirectoryServices.Protocols exceptions.
System.IO.IsolatedStorage.IsolatedStorageException	The exception that is thrown when an operation in isolated storage fails.
System.Net.Mail.SmtpException	Represents the exception that is thrown when the SmtpClient is not able to complete a Send or SendAsync operation.
System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeWrappedException	Wraps an exception that does not derive from the Exception class. This class cannot be inherited.
System.Runtime.Remoting.MetadataServices.SUDSGeneratorException	The exception that is thrown if an error occurs during the generation of Web Services Description Language (WSDL).
System.Runtime.Remoting.MetadataServices.SUDSParserException	The exception that is thrown if an error occurs during parsing of the Web Services Description Language (WSDL).
System.SystemException	Defines the base class for predefined exceptions in the System namespace.
System.Web.Security.MembershipCreateUserException	The exception that is thrown when a user is not successfully created by a membership provider.
System.Web.Security.MembershipPasswordException	The exception that is thrown when a password cannot be retrieved from the password store.
System.Web.UI.ViewStateException	Represents the exception that is thrown when the view state cannot be loaded or validated. This class cannot be inherited.
System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.InvalidActiveXStateException	The exception that is thrown when the ActiveX control is referenced while in an invalid state.

See Also

Reference

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SystemException
ApplicationException Class

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