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.
(in System.Configuration.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public Class ProviderException _
Inherits Exception
Dim instance As ProviderException
[SerializableAttribute]
public class ProviderException : Exception
[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class ProviderException : public Exception
public class ProviderException extends Exception
The ProviderException is thrown when any error occurs while loading a configuration provider.
System..::.Object
System..::.Exception
System.Configuration.Provider..::.ProviderException
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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