Get the actual StackTrace object from an Exception

Question

An Exception object has a StackTrace property on it. But it is just a string.

Is there a way to get an actual System.Diagnostics.StackTrace object from an Exception?

I ask because I am getting the Exception object from an UnhandledExceptionEventHandler and I don't have access to the frame that generated the exception to get an actual Stack Trace.

Using some of the StackTrace constructors with Exception argument? e.g. new StackTrace(ex). — Ivan Stoev
– Ivan Stoev, Commented Dec 5, 2016 at 19:18
This question seems related; if true your stack trace is gone already and you need to fix any throw ex calls. Note that if this is the case, then @IvanStoev's answer shouldn't work because the ex is already missing the stack trace so I don't think the StackTrace constructor will find anything to copy. See here for how to re-throw an exception without losing the stack trace in .NET 4.5+. — Quantic
– Quantic, Commented Dec 5, 2016 at 19:23
@Quantic - thank you for the response, but PALMERALE's and IvenStoev's solution seems to work great. — Vaccano
– Vaccano, Commented Dec 5, 2016 at 19:46

PALMERALE · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-05 19:23:31Z

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try{
//some code
}
catch (Exception ex){
   System.Diagnostics.StackTrace stackTrace = new System.Diagnostics.StackTrace(ex);
}

answered Dec 5, 2016 at 19:23

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Vaccano Over a year ago

Works perfectly! Adding , true after the ex gets you the file info too!

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