"John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> My vb.net winform app has frmMyForm as the start-up form. I have enclosed
> My.Forms.frmMyForm.Show() within try/catch. Will this do the trick of
> handling all exceptions that have not been handled elsewhere?
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards
>
>
> Private Sub MyApplication_Startup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
> Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.StartupEventArgs) Handles
> Me.Startup
> Try
> My.Forms.frmMyForm.Show()
> Catch ex As Exception
> ' Exception handling here
> End Try
> End Sub
>

"pvdg42" <pvdg42@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
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>
> "John" <John@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:OItj%23KCkHHA.4768@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> My vb.net winform app has frmMyForm as the start-up form. I have enclosed
>> My.Forms.frmMyForm.Show() within try/catch. Will this do the trick of
>> handling all exceptions that have not been handled elsewhere?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> Private Sub MyApplication_Startup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
>> Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.StartupEventArgs) Handles
>> Me.Startup
>> Try
>> My.Forms.frmMyForm.Show()
>> Catch ex As Exception
>> ' Exception handling here
>> End Try
>> End Sub
>>
> In terms of preventing the default exception handler from terminating your
> app, I guess you could say it would work. In terms of providing a context
> sensitive response to a given exception and giving your application a
> chance to recover and continue, it's not going to be useful.
>
>