ErrorMessage
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Gets the error description that is associated with an error.
value = eventargs.ErrorMessage
Property Value
Type: string
The error messge that describes the error.
This property is read-only. There is no default.
Managed Equivalent
Error handling in the managed API is reported by exceptions, which do not use the same error messages (although the same strings may be reported in whole or in part as part of the exception message).
Example
The following JavaScript example shows how to create an OnError event handler that displays specific error information pertaining to the type of error. The ErrorType property on the ErrorEventArgs object is used to determine the type of error.
function OnErrorEventHandler(sender, errorArgs)
{
// The error message to display.
var errorMsg = "Silverlight Error: \n\n";
// Error information common to all errors.
errorMsg += "Error Type: " + errorArgs.errorType + "\n";
errorMsg += "Error Message: " + errorArgs.errorMessage + "\n";
errorMsg += "Error Code: " + errorArgs.errorCode + "\n";
// Determine the type of error and add specific error information.
switch(errorArgs.errorType)
{
case "RuntimeError":
// Display properties specific to RuntimeErrorEventArgs.
if (errorArgs.lineNumber != 0)
{
errorMsg += "Line: " + errorArgs.lineNumber + "\n";
errorMsg += "Position: " + errorArgs.charPosition + "\n";
}
errorMsg += "MethodName: " + errorArgs.methodName + "\n";
break;
case "ParserError":
// Display properties specific to ParserErrorEventArgs.
errorMsg += "Xaml File: " + errorArgs.xamlFile + "\n";
errorMsg += "Xml Element: " + errorArgs.xmlElement + "\n";
errorMsg += "Xml Attribute: " + errorArgs.xmlAttribute + "\n";
errorMsg += "Line: " + errorArgs.lineNumber + "\n";
errorMsg += "Position: " + errorArgs.charPosition + "\n";
break;
default:
break;
}
// Display the error message.
alert(errorMsg);
}