Question

Code snippet..

if (regionalApprover == null)
{
   throw new Exception(string.Format("The regional approver for {0} could not be found", companyData["Country"]));
}

How does the user actually see this error ?

Answer 1

The result of an unhandled exception depends on a variety of factors, including

• where the web request is coming from,
• the settings of the <customErrors> Element in your web.config and
• the contents of Application_Error in your global.asax codebehind file.

In the default configuration, IIS will log the error into the Windows event log. In addition, it is shown in the browser by ASP.NET if the web request comes from localhost.