Is it “bad” to use try-catch for flow control in .NET?

Question

I just found in a project:

try
{
    myLabel.Text = school.SchoolName;
}
catch
{
    myPanel.Visible = false;
}

I want to talk to the devel

Answer 1

Throwing exceptions does have a negative impact on performance, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229009(VS.80).aspx