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ExceptionMessageBox Class

Displays a message box that can be customized with text, buttons, and symbols to improve the customer experience with a Microsoft Windows .NET Framework-based application.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.MessageBox
Assembly: Microsoft.ExceptionMessageBox (in microsoft.exceptionmessagebox.dll)
[ComVisibleAttribute(false)] 
public class ExceptionMessageBox
/** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(false) */ 
public class ExceptionMessageBox
ComVisibleAttribute(false) 
public class ExceptionMessageBox
System.Object
  Microsoft.SqlServer.MessageBox.ExceptionMessageBox

This example displays the message box with an OK button.

try
{
    // Do something that may generate an exception.
    throw new ApplicationException("An error has occured");
}
catch (ApplicationException ex)
{
    // Define a new top-level error message.
    string str = "The action failed.";

    // Add the new top-level message to the handled exception.
    ApplicationException exTop = new ApplicationException(str, ex);
    exTop.Source = this.Text;

    // Show an exception message box with an OK button (the default).
    ExceptionMessageBox box = new ExceptionMessageBox(exTop);
    box.Show(this);
}

This example uses the exception message box to show additional information that is helpful when troubleshooting or debugging.

try
{
    // Do something that you don't expect to generate an exception.
    throw new ApplicationException("Failed to connect to the server.");
}
catch (ApplicationException ex)
{
    string str = "An unexpected error occurred. Please call Helpdesk.";
    ApplicationException exTop = new ApplicationException(str, ex);
    exTop.Source = this.Text;

    // Information in the Data property of an exception that has a name
    // beginning with "HelpLink.Advanced" is shown when the user
    // clicks the Advanced Information button of the exception message
    // box dialog box.
    exTop.Data.Add("AdvancedInformation.FileName", "application.dll");
    exTop.Data.Add("AdvancedInformation.FilePosition", "line 355");
    exTop.Data.Add("AdvancedInformation.UserContext", "single user mode");

    // Show the exception message box with additional information that 
    // is helpful when a user calls technical support.
    ExceptionMessageBox box = new ExceptionMessageBox(exTop);

    box.Show(this);
}

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

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