Global Exception handler in Module

[Masa Ito]

I am trying to follow the great advice that seems to be said over and over
by good people (like Jay Harlow) about putting a global exception handler
in Sub Main.

Our app has Sub Main in a module. I can add the handler and then can add
the sub, but I can't add it as a shared sub inside this module - V.S. tells
me shared subs are not allowed. Is there another way I can do this while
maintaining this module?
Public Module AppStart
Public Sub Main()
AddHandler Application.ThreadException, AddressOf
OnThreadException
...
End Sub

Private Shared Sub OnThreadException(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e
as System.Threading.ThreadExceptionEventArgs)
' log e.Exception here
End Sub
End Module

Thanks,
Masa

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Our app has Sub Main in a module. I can add the handler and then can add
the sub, but I can't add it as a shared sub inside this module - V.S.
tells
me shared subs are not allowed. Is there another way I can do this while
maintaining this module?
Public Module AppStart
Public Sub Main()
AddHandler Application.ThreadException, AddressOf
OnThreadException
...
End Sub

Private Shared Sub OnThreadException(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e

Simply remove the 'Shared' keyword.

 

[Guest]

As Herfried said, drop the "Shared".
That's because modules are really just a shorthand for NotInheritable,
non-instantiatable classes with only Shared members - since the members are
already Shared, you can't add it explicitly.
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[Masa Ito]

As Herfried said, drop the "Shared".
That's because modules are really just a shorthand for NotInheritable,
non-instantiatable classes with only Shared members - since the
members are already Shared, you can't add it explicitly.

<redfaced>
Thanks!
Got the global exception handler working - but it isn't serializing the
good stuff from the exception (app uses remoting). Off to bang my head
against a new wall now.

Masa