Name

Throw Statement

Syntax

[Throw exception
exception

Use: Required

Data Type: An Exception object or an object derived from Exception

An Exception object representing the exception being thrown

Description

Throws an exception that can be handled using either structured exception handling (a Try. . . Catch block) or unstructured exception handling (the On Error statement)

VB .NET/VB 6 Differences

The Throw statement is new to VB .NET.

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