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[Peter Morris]

Hi all, I have a perplexing problem....

protected void ArticleFormView_ItemUpdating(object sender,
FormViewUpdateEventArgs e)
{
try
{
//Next line is line 36
if (!ArticleDataSource.IsValidNewValues(e.Keys, e.NewValues))
e.Cancel = true;
}
catch (FormatException)
{
e.Cancel = true;
Page.Validators.Add(new StaticValidator("Invalid price"));
}
}

As you can see I am catching FormatException. I put a breakline on line 36
and when I hit F10 ArticleDataSource.IsValidNewValues will throw a
FormatException. At this point I would expect my Catch to kick in, but as
you can see from the following exception information it is not. Does anyone
know why this is?
Thanks

Pete
Input string was not in a correct format.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the
current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information
about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct
format.

Source Error:

Line 34: try
Line 35: {
Line 36: if (!ArticleDataSource.IsValidNewValues(e.Keys, e.NewValues))
Line 37: e.Cancel = true;
Line 38: }
Source File:
C:\OtherData\CapableObjects\docs\QuickStart\VS2005 \SourceCode\07\QuickStart.Asp\Members\EditArticle. aspx.cs
Line: 36

Stack Trace:

[FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.]
System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options,
NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal) +2755599
System.Number.ParseDecimal(String value, NumberStyles options,
NumberFormatInfo numfmt) +138
System.Decimal.Parse(String s, NumberStyles style, IFormatProvider
provider) +37
System.ComponentModel.DecimalConverter.FromString( String value,
NumberFormatInfo formatInfo) +36
System.ComponentModel.BaseNumberConverter.ConvertF rom(ITypeDescriptorContext
context, CultureInfo culture, Object value) +335

[Exception: 2.5sd is not a valid value for Decimal.]
System.ComponentModel.BaseNumberConverter.ConvertF rom(ITypeDescriptorContext
context, CultureInfo culture, Object value) +398
System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.ConvertFrom(Ob ject value) +54
Eco.Web.UI.WebControls.EcoDataSourceView.ApplyValu es(IObjectInstance obj,
IDictionary values) in
c:\dev\fbuild\source\Public.CLR\Handles\Asp\EcoDat aSourceView.cs:780
Eco.Web.UI.WebControls.EcoDataSourceView.IsValidNe wValues(IDictionary
keys, IDictionary values) in
c:\dev\fbuild\source\Public.CLR\Handles\Asp\EcoDat aSourceView.cs:750
Eco.Web.UI.WebControls.EcoDataSource.IsValidNewVal ues(IDictionary keys,
IDictionary values) in
c:\dev\fbuild\source\Public.CLR\Handles\Asp\EcoDat aSource.cs:892
QuickStart.EditArticle.ArticleFormView_ItemUpdatin g(Object sender,
FormViewUpdateEventArgs e) in
C:\OtherData\CapableObjects\docs\QuickStart\VS2005 \SourceCode\07\QuickStart.Asp\Members\EditArticle. aspx.cs:36

[Peter Morris]

First System.FormatException is thrown. Then it appears that this is caught
and thrown as an InnerException of a System.Exception (what a poor choice).

So I have
System.Exception
InnerException = System.FormatException

The ASPX shows the inner exception (FormatException) so

catch (FormatException)

will not catch it, I need

catch
{
...etc...
}
Not impressed :-)