DO NOT USE. This is a typo for InvocationTargetException.
Questions tagged [targetinvocationexception]
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Why is TargetInvocationException treated as uncaught by the IDE?
I have some code that is using reflection to pull property values from an object. In some cases the properties may throw exceptions, because they have null references, etc.
object result;
try
{
result = propertyInfo.GetValue(target,…

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How to rethrow the inner exception of a TargetInvocationException without losing the stack trace
I have many methods which are calling using Delegate.DynamicInvoke. Some of these methods make database calls and I would like to have the ability to catch a SqlException and not catch the TargetInvocationException and hunt through its inners to…

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ASP.NET yellow screen of death - where does it get the stack trace from?
I have a remoting-type set up within my application where I avoid TargetInvocationExceptions and grab the inner exception. I invoke the internal PrepForRemoting method on the Exception class to preserve the stack trace from the invoked method.
This…

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EPPlus 2.9.0.1 throws System.IO.IsolatedStorage.IsolatedStorageException when trying to save a file bigger than ~1.5 MiB from a SSIS package
The problem
When I try to save a file over ~1.5 MiB with EPPlus ExcelPackage.Save() throws a System.IO.IsolatedStorage.IsolatedStorageException.
The explanation
I'm creating a SSIS package with Visual Studio 2008 9.0.30729.4462 QFE and .NET…

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w3wp randomly crashes with AccessViolationException and TargetInvocationException serving WCF call
We are observing random (like once in 1-5 days) IIS crash exceptions in the EventLog.
Server - Windows Server 2012 R2.
The first one is access violation (more often):
Application: w3wp.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The…

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log4Net issues with NUnit (Tried v2.5.7, 2.5.2, 2.4.8, 2.4.7)
I'm getting an error (see bottom of post) when running NUnit against a production code assembly. The production code assembly has a reference to a third party framework that uses log4net internally (Specifically, this is SimplyAccounting's SDK). The…

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How to catch TargetInvocationException raised from .Net BackgroundWorker in Matlab?
I am writing a small application in Matlab using GUIDE.
This application calls on a .Net library.
The library connects to a serial device.
Using a BackgroundWorker, the library polls the port for new data, and raises an IncomingData event whenever a…

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How to Resolve Exception: Cannot create an instance of "WindowsPage"
Brand new to Xamarin forms here and trying to get started in cross platform app development using the package. However right out of the gate I seem to be running into an issue that has been asked a few times elsewhere but I haven't really seen an…

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Code-First Entity Framework - error creating SQL CE DB
I have been using Entity Framework CTP with Code-First as in this tutorial by Scott Guthrie and another by Scott Hanselman (can't post the link, but google "Simple Code First with Entity Framework 4 - Magic Unicorn Feature CTP 4"). This is working…

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TargetInvocationException on Activator.CreateInstance
I'm having some trouble instantiating a class defined in a DLL file using Reflection. Even though the code seems fine I get TargetInvocationException on Activator.CreateInstance. The code goes as follows (for now only a single DLL is…

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TargetInvocationException on Image update in WPF
I've built a WPF Control which displays an Image. Now I would like to change that image at a very fast rate.
I've build an ImageContainer class which holds the image and has a ChangedEventHandler which updates the Image in my control when…

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TargetInvocationException occurred, but I have absolutely no idea why
I'm getting this unhandled exception error:
An unhandled exception of type 'System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException' occurred in PresentationFramework.dll.
Additional information: Exception has been thrown by the target of an…

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TargetInvocationException from BackgroundWorker_RunWorkerCompleted
Suppose the following situation. A form has a button that on click starts a background worker. In RunWorkerCompleted event handler there is a piece of code that throws unhandeled exception. The form is started from Application.Run method.
public…

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C# Deserialization - Is it safe to catch TargetInvocationException?
I am using BinaryFormatter to serialize and deserialize some objects. The structure of those object is as follows:
[Serializable()]
public class SerializableObject : ISerializable
{
public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info,…

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C# multithreading - 'System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException'
I started multithread programming in C# (WPF) few days ago and here is a problem which I can't solve... I'm using this piece of code:
void timer_Elapsed(object sender, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e)
{
Random foodPosition = new…
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