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NetworkInformationException Class

The exception that is thrown when an error occurs while retrieving network information.

System.Object
  System.Exception
    System.SystemException
      System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException
        System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception
          System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInformationException

Namespace:  System.Net.NetworkInformation
Assembly:  System (in System.dll)
[SerializableAttribute]
public class NetworkInformationException : Win32Exception

The NetworkInformationException type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method NetworkInformationException() Initializes a new instance of the NetworkInformationException class.
Public method NetworkInformationException(Int32) Initializes a new instance of the NetworkInformationException class with the specified error code.
Protected method NetworkInformationException(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext) Initializes a new instance of the NetworkInformationException class with serialized data.
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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 ErrorCode Gets the Win32 error code for this exception. (Overrides ExternalException.ErrorCode.)
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 a message that describes the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public property NativeErrorCode Gets the Win32 error code associated with this exception. (Inherited from Win32Exception.)
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 object with the file name and line number at which this Win32Exception occurred. (Inherited from Win32Exception.)
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 a string that contains the HRESULT of the error. (Inherited from ExternalException.)
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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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Types in the System.Net.NetworkInformation namespace throw this exception when a call to a Win32 function fails. The ErrorCode property contains the result returned by the function.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.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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