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FileLoadException Class

The exception that is thrown when a managed assembly is found but cannot be loaded.

System.Object
  System.Exception
    System.SystemException
      System.IO.IOException
        System.IO.FileLoadException

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public class FileLoadException : IOException

The FileLoadException type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method FileLoadException() Initializes a new instance of the FileLoadException class, setting the Message property of the new instance to a system-supplied message that describes the error, such as "Could not load the specified file." This message takes into account the current system culture.
Public method FileLoadException(String) Initializes a new instance of the FileLoadException class with the specified error message.
Protected method FileLoadException(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext) Initializes a new instance of the FileLoadException class with serialized data.
Public method FileLoadException(String, Exception) Initializes a new instance of the FileLoadException class with a specified error message and a reference to the inner exception that is the cause of this exception.
Public method FileLoadException(String, String) Initializes a new instance of the FileLoadException class with a specified error message and the name of the file that could not be loaded.
Public method FileLoadException(String, String, Exception) Initializes a new instance of the FileLoadException class with a specified error message, the name of the file that could not be loaded, and a reference to the inner exception that is the cause of this exception.
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  Name Description
Public property Data Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property FileName Gets the name of the file that causes this exception.
Public property FusionLog Gets the log file that describes why an assembly load failed.
Public property HelpLink Gets or sets a link to the help file associated with this exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Protected property HResult Gets or sets HRESULT, a coded numerical value that is assigned to a specific exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property InnerException Gets the Exception instance that caused the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property Message Gets the error message and the name of the file that caused this exception. (Overrides Exception.Message.)
Public property Source Gets or sets the name of the application or the object that causes the error. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property StackTrace Gets a string representation of the immediate frames on the call stack. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property TargetSite Gets the method that throws the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
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  Name Description
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetBaseException When overridden in a derived class, returns the Exception that is the root cause of one or more subsequent exceptions. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetObjectData Sets the SerializationInfo with the file name and additional exception information. (Overrides Exception.GetObjectData(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext).)
Public method GetType Gets the runtime type of the current instance. (Inherited from Exception.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns the fully qualified name of the current exception, and possibly the error message, the name of the inner exception, and the stack trace. (Overrides Exception.ToString().)
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  Name Description
Protected event SerializeObjectState Occurs when an exception is serialized to create an exception state object that contains serialized data about the exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
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Represents the error that occurs when a Assembly file is found but cannot be loaded.

The FileNotFoundException exception is thrown when the file fails to load because it cannot be located. If the file is located, but cannot be loaded due to insufficient permissions, a SecurityException is thrown.

FileLoadException has the default HRESULT of COR_E_FILELOAD, which has the value 0x80131621, but this is not the only possible HRESULT.

If your code does not have PathDiscovery permission, the error message for this exception may only contain file or directory names instead of fully qualified paths.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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