ASP.NET in a Nutshell

Name

ToString

Synopsis

string = HttpException.ToString(  )

Returns a string containing the fully qualified name of the exception, the error message (if available), the name of the inner exception, and the stack trace.

Parameters

string

A string variable to receive the value from the method.

Example

The code example causes an exception by attempting to set a Session value on a page for which the EnableSessionState attribute of the @ Page directive has been set to False. The example code then displays the string representation of the resulting exception:

<%@ Page Language="vb" EnableSessionState="false" %>
  
Sub Page_Load(  )
   Try
      Session("foo") = "Foo"
   Catch HttpEx As HttpException
      Message.Text = "ERROR:<br/>"
      Message.Text &= "String Representation of Exception: " & _
         HttpEx.ToString(  ) & "<br/>"
   End Try
End Sub

Notes

This method provides a quick and easy shortcut for displaying the available information about a given exception without having to call the individual methods and properties of the HttpException object.