I'd have to agree with that, you wouldn't expect an infrastructure file to be missing that would be ideal for an exception. However I'm still unclear as to what this thread is suggesting as the answer. The quote from Ron Jacobs is interesting...

According to the .NET FrameworkClass Library Design Guidelines

“Exceptions are the standardmechanism for reporting errors. Applications and libraries should not use return codes to communicate errors. The use of exceptions adds to a consistentframework design and allows error reporting from members, such as constructors,that cannot have a return type. Exceptions also allow programs to handle theerror or terminate as appropriate. The default behavior is to terminate anapplication if it does not handle a thrown exception.”

Or have I missed something?

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