OutOfMemoryException Class (System)

.NET Framework Class Library

OutOfMemoryException Class

The exception that is thrown when there is not enough memory to continue the execution of a program.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<SerializableAttribute> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Class OutOfMemoryException _
    Inherits SystemException

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As OutOfMemoryException

[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public class OutOfMemoryException : SystemException

Visual C++

[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public ref class OutOfMemoryException : public SystemException

JScript

public class OutOfMemoryException extends SystemException

Remarks

The following Microsoft intermediate (MSIL) instructions throw OutOfMemoryException :

box
newarr
newobj

OutOfMemoryException uses the HRESULT COR_E_OUTOFMEMORY, which has the value 0x8007000E.

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

Note:
The value of the inherited Data property is always nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows CE Platform Note:

To limit this exception from occurring in resource constrained devices, avoid using methods that consume 64 or more kilobytes of memory.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System..::.Exception
    System..::.SystemException
      System..::.OutOfMemoryException
        System..::.InsufficientMemoryException

Thread Safety

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

Platforms

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.

Version Information

.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

Reference

OutOfMemoryException Members

System Namespace

Exception

Other Resources

Handling and Throwing Exceptions