Why is it not possible to catch MissingMethodException?

Question

I have a dependency on .NET 2.0 SP2 in my ClickOnce deployed application (the ApplicationDeployment.CurrentDeployment.CheckForDetailedUpdate(false) method is SP

Answer 1

You could use reflection to see whether the method exists.

private void CheckDotNet2SP()
{
    return typeof(WaitHandle).GetMethod("WaitOne", new Type[] { typeof(int) }) 
       != null;
}