Make Visual Studio ignore exceptions?

Question

I\'m using exceptions to validate a control\'s input in Silverlight 4. When I throw an invalid input exception, VS 2010 displays the popup and stops the program. I ignore th

Answer 1

I got [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerHidden()] to work if I also selected

Debug > Options > Debugging > General > Enable Just My Code (Managed only).

I access the Excel object model a lot, and I really like to be able to run the debugger and catching all exceptions, since my code normally is exception less. However, the Excel API throws a lot of exceptions.

// [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCode()]  works too
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerHidden()]
private static Excel.Range TrySpecialCells(Excel.Worksheet sheet, Excel.XlCellType cellType)
{
    try
    {
        return sheet.Cells.SpecialCells(cellType);
    }
    catch (TargetInvocationException)
    {
        return null;
    }
    catch (COMException)
    {
        return null;
    }
}