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NotSupportedException Class

The exception that is thrown when an invoked method is not supported, or when there is an attempt to read, seek, or write to a stream that does not support the invoked functionality.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<SerializableAttribute> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Class NotSupportedException _
    Inherits SystemException
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As NotSupportedException
C#
[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public class NotSupportedException : SystemException
Visual C++
[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public ref class NotSupportedException : public SystemException
JScript
public class NotSupportedException extends SystemException

There are methods that are not supported in the base class, with the expectation that these methods will be implemented in the derived classes instead. The derived class might implement only a subset of the methods from the base class, and throw NotSupportedException for the unsupported methods.

NotSupportedException is also thrown by System.IO classes whenever there is an attempt to read, seek, or write to a stream that does not support the invoked functionality.

For scenarios where it is sometimes possible for the object to perform the requested operation, and the object state determines whether the operation can be performed, see InvalidOperationException.

NotSupportedException uses the HRESULT COR_E_NOTSUPPORTED, which has the value 0x80131515.

For a list of initial property values for an instance of NotSupportedException, see the NotSupportedException constructors.

System..::.Object
  System..::.Exception
    System..::.SystemException
      System..::.NotSupportedException
        System..::.PlatformNotSupportedException
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, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

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, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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