System.ApplicationException Class
ApplicationException is the base class for all exceptions defined by applications.

See Also: ApplicationException Members

Syntax

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
public class ApplicationException : Exception

Remarks

This class represents application-defined errors detected during the execution of an application. It is provided as a means of differentiating between exceptions defined by applications and exceptions defined by the system.

Note: For more information on exceptions defined by the system, see SystemException .

Note: ApplicationException does not provide information as to the cause of the exception. In most scenarios, instances of this class should not be thrown. In cases where this class is instantiated, a human-readable message describing the error should be passed to the constructor.

Thread Safety

All public static members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. No instance members are guaranteed to be thread safe.

Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0