FileNotFoundException Class

The exception that is thrown when an attempt to access a file that does not exist on disk fails.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
  SystemException
    SystemSystemException
      System.IOIOException
        System.IOFileNotFoundException

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll) Version: 4.0.0.0

Syntax

[SerializableAttribute]
public class FileNotFoundException : IOException

The FileNotFoundException type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the runtime type of the current instance. (Inherited from Exception.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns the fully qualified name of this exception and possibly the error message, the name of the inner exception, and the stack trace. (Overrides ExceptionToString.)

Properties

	Name	Description
	InnerException	Gets the Exception instance that caused the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
	Message	Gets a message that describes the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
	StackTrace	Gets a string representation of the immediate frames on the call stack. (Inherited from Exception.)

Events

	Name	Description
	SerializeObjectState	Occurs when an exception is serialized to create an exception state object that contains serialized data about the exception. (Inherited from Exception.)