'Catch' block never reached; <exception> handled above in the same 'Try' statement

A Catch block in the code cannot be reached because it is handled in a preceding Try block.

By default, this message is a warning. For more information about hiding warnings or treating warnings as errors, please see Configuring Warnings in Visual Basic

Error ID: BC42031

To correct this error

• Remove the redundant statement.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Catch an Exception in Visual Basic

How to: Test Code with a Try…Catch Block in Visual Basic

How to: Filter Errors in a Catch Block in Visual Basic

Walkthrough: Structured Exception Handling

Reference

Try...Catch...Finally Statement (Visual Basic)