Hi I try implement solution from this site im my WPF app for global exception handling.
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/90866/Unhandled-Exception-Handler-For-WPF-Applications.aspx
I use Caliburn Micro as MVVM framework. Service I have in external assembly and it is injected in view model class with MEF.
Here is my implementation for global exception handling in WPF app.
App.xaml
DispatcherUnhandledException="Application_DispatcherUnhandledException"
Startup="Application_Startup"
App class:
public partial class App : Application
{
private IMessageBox _msgBox = new MessageBoxes.MessageBoxes();
public bool DoHandle { get; set; }
private void Application_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
{
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += CurrentDomain_UnhandledException;
}
private void Application_DispatcherUnhandledException(object sender,
System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherUnhandledExceptionEventArgs e)
{
if (DoHandle)
{
_msgBox.ShowException(e.Exception);
e.Handled = true;
}
else
{
_msgBox.ShowException(e.Exception);
e.Handled = false;
}
}
void CurrentDomain_UnhandledException(object sender, UnhandledExceptionEventArgs e)
{
var ex = e.ExceptionObject as Exception;
_msgBox.ShowException(ex);
}
}
Service method from external assembly:
public void ServiceLogOn()
{
try
{
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw ex;
}
}
This service method is call in view model class for example on button click event:
[Export(typeof(ILogOnViewModel))]
public class LogOnViewModel : Screen, ILogOnViewModel
{
public void LogOn()
{
_service.ServiceLogOn();
}
}
I run WPF app in Visual Studio and produce exception with message "Bad credentials" in ServiceLogOn method.
I expect that I see the message box with the exception.
But Visual Studio stop debuging app and show exception in service method in service project.
So I try run WPF from exe file and produce same exception in ServiceLogOn method.
I get this error:
Exception has been throw by target of an invocation.
Any exception from view model class is not handled in methods:
- Application_DispatcherUnhandledException
- or CurrentDomain_UnhandledException.
in App class.
What I do bad?
EDITED with Simon Fox’s answer.
I try implement in MEF bootstraper advice of Simon Fox’s, but I still something do wrong. I move handle logic for exception to OnUnhandledException method in bootstraper class.
Here is my code from bootstraper class:
public class MefBootStrapper : Bootstrapper<IShellViewModel>
{
//...
private IMessageBox _msgBox = new MessageBoxes.MessageBoxes();
public bool DoHandle { get; set; }
protected override void OnUnhandledException(object sender, System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherUnhandledExceptionEventArgs e)
{
if (DoHandle)
{
_msgBox.ShowException(e.Exception);
e.Handled = true;
}
else
{
_msgBox.ShowException(e.Exception);
e.Handled = false;
}
}
//...
}
I bind some method from view model on button and throw new exception. Something like this:
public void LogOn()
{
throw new ArgumentException("Bad argument");
}
But result is sam, I test app out of Visual Studio and get this exception.
Exception has been throw by target of an invocation.
OnUnhandledException override– Cannibalize