﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Type Name="DirectoryNotFoundException" FullName="System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException" FullNameSP="System_IO_DirectoryNotFoundException" Maintainer="ecma"><TypeSignature Language="ILASM" Value=".class public serializable DirectoryNotFoundException extends System.IO.IOException" /><TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public class DirectoryNotFoundException : System.IO.IOException" /><TypeSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".class public auto ansi serializable beforefieldinit DirectoryNotFoundException extends System.IO.IOException" /><MemberOfLibrary>BCL</MemberOfLibrary><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyName>mscorlib</AssemblyName><AssemblyPublicKey>[00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ]</AssemblyPublicKey><AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ThreadingSafetyStatement>All public static members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. No instance members are guaranteed to be thread safe.</ThreadingSafetyStatement><Base><BaseTypeName>System.IO.IOException</BaseTypeName></Base><Interfaces /><Attributes><Attribute><AttributeName>System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)</AttributeName></Attribute></Attributes><Docs><example><para>The following example demonstrates an error that causes
 the <see cref="T:System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException" /> exception to be
 thrown. <SPAN><SPAN />In this case, the /Mistake/examples/
 directory does not exist and therefore cannot be
 located.</SPAN></para><code lang="C#">using System;
using System.IO;
class DirectoryNotFoundExample {
 public static void Main () {
 string badPath = "/Mistake/examples/";
 try {
 Directory.GetFiles(badPath);
 }
 catch (DirectoryNotFoundException e) {
 Console.WriteLine("Caught: {0}",e.Message);
 }
 }
}
</code><para>The output is </para><c><para> Caught: Could not find a
 part of the path "C:\Mistake\examples". </para></c></example><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>DirectoryNotFoundException uses the HRESULT COR_E_DIRECTORYNOTFOUND which has the value 0x80070003. Note that DirectoryNotFoundException is also thrown when COM interop programs see the HRESULT STG_E_PATHNOTFOUND, which has the value 0x80030003.</para><para>If your code does not have <see cref="P:System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermissionAttribute.PathDiscovery" /> permission, the error message for this exception may only contain file or directory names instead of fully qualified paths.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>The exception that is thrown when part of a file or directory cannot be found.</para></summary></Docs><Members><Member MemberName=".ctor"><MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value="public rtspecialname specialname instance void .ctor()" /><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public DirectoryNotFoundException ();" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig specialname rtspecialname instance void .ctor() cil managed" /><MemberType>Constructor</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue /><Parameters /><Docs><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>This constructor initializes the <see cref="P:System.Exception.Message" /> property of the new instance to a system-supplied message that describes the error, such as "Could not find the specified directory." This message takes into account the current system culture.</para><para>The <see cref="P:System.Exception.InnerException" /> property of the new instance is initialized to null.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException" /> class with its message string set to a system-supplied message and its HRESULT set to COR_E_DIRECTORYNOTFOUND.</para></summary></Docs><Excluded>0</Excluded></Member><Member MemberName=".ctor"><MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value="public rtspecialname specialname instance void .ctor(string message)" /><MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public DirectoryNotFoundException (string message);" /><MemberSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".method public hidebysig specialname rtspecialname instance void .ctor(string message) cil managed" /><MemberType>Constructor</MemberType><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyVersion>1.0.5000.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><ReturnValue /><Parameters><Parameter Name="message" Type="System.String" /></Parameters><Docs><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>This constructor initializes the <see cref="P:System.Exception.Message" /> property of the new instance using <paramref name="message" />.</para><para>The <see cref="P:System.Exception.InnerException" /> property of the new instance is initialized to null.</para></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException" /> class with its message string set to <paramref name="message" /> and its HRESULT set to COR_E_DIRECTORYNOTFOUND.</para></summary><param name="message"><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />A <see cref="T:System.String" /> that describes the error. The content of <paramref name="message" /> is intended to be understood by humans. 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The <see cref="P:System.Exception.InnerException" /> property returns the same value that is passed into the constructor, or null if the <see cref="P:System.Exception.InnerException" /> property does not supply the inner exception value to the constructor.</para><para>The following table shows the initial property values for an instance of <see cref="T:System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException" />.</para><list type="table"><listheader><item><term><para>Property </para></term><description><para>Value </para></description></item></listheader><item><term><para><see cref="P:System.Exception.InnerException" /></para></term><description><para>The inner exception reference. </para></description></item><item><term><para><see cref="P:System.Exception.Message" /></para></term><description><para>The error message string. </para></description></item></list></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException" /> class with a specified error message and a reference to the inner exception that is the cause of this exception.</para></summary><param name="message"><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />The error message that explains the reason for the exception. </param><param name="innerException"><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" />The exception that is the cause of the current exception. If the <paramref name="innerException" /> parameter is not null, the current exception is raised in a catch block that handles the inner exception. </param></Docs><Excluded>0</Excluded></Member></Members><TypeExcluded>0</TypeExcluded></Type>