ConfigurationException Class
The exception that is thrown when a configuration system error has occurred.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
System.Exception
System.SystemException
System.Configuration.ConfigurationException
System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ConfigurationException() | Obsolete. This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Initializes a new instance of the ConfigurationException class. |
![]() | ConfigurationException(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext) | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Initializes a new instance of the ConfigurationException class. |
![]() | ConfigurationException(String) | Obsolete. This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Initializes a new instance of the ConfigurationException class. |
![]() | ConfigurationException(String, Exception) | Obsolete. This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Initializes a new instance of the ConfigurationException class. |
![]() | ConfigurationException(String, Exception, String, Int32) | Obsolete. This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Initializes a new instance of the ConfigurationException class. |
![]() | ConfigurationException(String, Exception, XmlNode) | Obsolete. This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Initializes a new instance of the ConfigurationException class. |
![]() | ConfigurationException(String, String, Int32) | Obsolete. This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Initializes a new instance of the ConfigurationException class. |
![]() | ConfigurationException(String, XmlNode) | Obsolete. This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Initializes a new instance of the ConfigurationException class. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | BareMessage | Gets a description of why this configuration exception was thrown. |
![]() | Data | Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception.(Inherited from Exception.) |
![]() | Filename | Gets the path to the configuration file that caused this configuration exception to be thrown. |
![]() | HelpLink | Gets or sets a link to the help file associated with this exception.(Inherited from Exception.) |
![]() | HResult | Gets or sets HRESULT, a coded numerical value that is assigned to a specific exception.(Inherited from Exception.) |
![]() | InnerException | |
![]() | Line | Gets the line number within the configuration file at which this configuration exception was thrown. |
![]() | Message | Gets an extended description of why this configuration exception was thrown.(Overrides Exception.Message.) |
![]() | Source | Gets or sets the name of the application or the object that causes the error.(Inherited from Exception.) |
![]() | StackTrace | Gets a string representation of the immediate frames on the call stack.(Inherited from Exception.) |
![]() | TargetSite | Gets the method that throws the current exception.(Inherited from Exception.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Finalize() | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetBaseException() | |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetObjectData(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext) | Sets the SerializationInfo object with the file name and line number at which this configuration exception occurred.(Overrides Exception.GetObjectData(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext).) |
![]() | GetType() | Gets the runtime type of the current instance.(Inherited from Exception.) |
![]() ![]() | GetXmlNodeFilename(XmlNode) | Obsolete. This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets the path to the configuration file from which the internal XmlNode object was loaded when this configuration exception was thrown. |
![]() ![]() | GetXmlNodeLineNumber(XmlNode) | Obsolete. This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets the line number within the configuration file that the internal XmlNode object represented when this configuration exception was thrown. |
![]() | MemberwiseClone() | |
![]() | ToString() | Creates and returns a string representation of the current exception.(Inherited from Exception.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | SerializeObjectState | Occurs when an exception is serialized to create an exception state object that contains serialized data about the exception.(Inherited from Exception.) |
The ConfigurationException exception is thrown if the application attempts to read or write data to the configuration file but is unsuccessful. Some possible reasons for this can include malformed XML in the configuration file, file permission issues, and configuration properties with values that are not valid.
Note |
|---|
The ConfigurationException object is maintained for backward compatibility. The ConfigurationErrorsException object replaces it for the configuration system. |
Available since 1.1
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.





