InvalidEnumArgumentException Class
The exception thrown when using invalid arguments that are enumerators.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
System::Exception
System::SystemException
System::ArgumentException
System.ComponentModel::InvalidEnumArgumentException
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | InvalidEnumArgumentException() | Initializes a new instance of the InvalidEnumArgumentException class without a message. |
![]() | InvalidEnumArgumentException(SerializationInfo^, StreamingContext) | Initializes a new instance of the InvalidEnumArgumentException class using the specified serialization data and context. |
![]() | InvalidEnumArgumentException(String^) | Initializes a new instance of the InvalidEnumArgumentException class with the specified message. |
![]() | InvalidEnumArgumentException(String^, Exception^) | Initializes a new instance of the InvalidEnumArgumentException class with the specified detailed description and the specified exception. |
![]() | InvalidEnumArgumentException(String^, Int32, Type^) | Initializes a new instance of the InvalidEnumArgumentException class with a message generated from the argument, the invalid value, and an enumeration class. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Data | Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception.(Inherited from Exception.) |
![]() | 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 | |
![]() | Message | Gets the error message and the parameter name, or only the error message if no parameter name is set.(Inherited from ArgumentException.) |
![]() | ParamName | Gets the name of the parameter that causes this exception.(Inherited from ArgumentException.) |
![]() | 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 parameter name and additional exception information.(Inherited from ArgumentException.) |
![]() | GetType() | Gets the runtime type of the current instance.(Inherited from Exception.) |
![]() | 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.) |
This exception is thrown if you pass an invalid enumeration value to a method or when setting a property.
The following code example shows how to catch an InvalidEnumArgumentException exception and interpret its content. The example attempts to pass an invalid enumeration value (MessageBoxButtons) through casting, as the MessageBox::Show method's third argument. Upon catching the exception, the example fetches the respective error message, the invalid parameter, stack trace, and origin of the exception.
try { //Attempting to pass an invalid enum value (MessageBoxButtons) to the Show method MessageBoxButtons myButton = (MessageBoxButtons)123; // to fix use System::Windows::Forms::DialogResult::OK; MessageBox::Show( this, "This is a message", "This is the Caption", myButton ); } catch ( InvalidEnumArgumentException^ invE ) { Console::WriteLine( invE->Message ); Console::WriteLine( invE->ParamName ); Console::WriteLine( invE->StackTrace ); Console::WriteLine( invE->Source ); }
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.



