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Exception.Source Property
Visual Studio 2010
Gets or sets the name of the application or the object that causes the error.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentException | The object must be a runtime System.Reflection object |
The following code example throws an Exception that sets the Source property in its constructor and then catches the exception and displays Source.
' Example for the Exception.HelpLink, Exception.Source, ' Exception.StackTrace, and Exception.TargetSite properties. Imports System Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Namespace NDP_UE_VB ' Derive an exception; the constructor sets the HelpLink and ' Source properties. Class LogTableOverflowException Inherits Exception Private Const overflowMessage As String = _ "The log table has overflowed." Public Sub New( auxMessage As String, inner As Exception ) MyBase.New( String.Format( "{0} - {1}", _ overflowMessage, auxMessage ), inner ) Me.HelpLink = "http://msdn.microsoft.com" Me.Source = "Exception_Class_Samples" End Sub ' New End Class ' LogTableOverflowException Class LogTable Public Sub New(numElements As Integer) logArea = New String(numElements) {} elemInUse = 0 End Sub ' New Protected logArea() As String Protected elemInUse As Integer ' The AddRecord method throws a derived exception if ' the array bounds exception is caught. Public Function AddRecord( newRecord As String ) As Integer Try Dim curElement as Integer = elemInUse logArea( elemInUse ) = newRecord elemInUse += 1 Return curElement Catch ex As Exception Throw New LogTableOverflowException( _ String.Format( "Record ""{0}"" was not logged.", _ newRecord ), ex ) End Try End Function ' AddRecord End Class ' LogTable Module OverflowDemo ' Create a log table and force an overflow. Sub Main( ) Dim log As New LogTable( 4 ) Console.WriteLine( "This example of " & vbCrLf & _ " Exception.Message, " & vbCrLf & _ " Exception.HelpLink, " & vbCrLf & _ " Exception.Source, " & vbCrLf & _ " Exception.StackTrace, and " & vbCrLf & _ " Exception.TargetSite " & vbCrLf & _ "generates the following output." ) Try Dim count As Integer = 0 Do log.AddRecord( _ String.Format( "Log record number {0}", count ) ) count += 1 Loop Catch ex As Exception Console.WriteLine( vbCrLf & _ "Message ---" & vbCrLf & ex.Message ) Console.WriteLine( vbCrLf & _ "HelpLink ---" & vbCrLf & ex.HelpLink ) Console.WriteLine( vbCrLf & _ "Source ---" & vbCrLf & ex.Source ) Console.WriteLine( vbCrLf & _ "StackTrace ---" & vbCrLf & ex.StackTrace ) Console.WriteLine( vbCrLf & "TargetSite ---" & _ vbCrLf & ex.TargetSite.ToString( ) ) End Try End Sub ' Main End Module ' OverflowDemo End Namespace ' NDP_UE_VB ' This example of ' Exception.Message, ' Exception.HelpLink, ' Exception.Source, ' Exception.StackTrace, and ' Exception.TargetSite ' generates the following output. ' ' Message --- ' The log table has overflowed. - Record "Log record number 5" was not logged. ' ' HelpLink --- ' http://msdn.microsoft.com ' ' Source --- ' Exception_Class_Samples ' ' StackTrace --- ' at NDP_UE_VB.LogTable.AddRecord(String newRecord) ' at NDP_UE_VB.OverflowDemo.Main() ' ' TargetSite --- ' Int32 AddRecord(System.String)
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
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