Eu tenho um formulário filho que está lançando um ApplicationException no manipulador de eventos Load (intencionalmente para fins de teste). O formulário pai envolve o método ChildForm.Show () em um bloco Try ... Catch ex As Exception. O bloco catch simplesmente exibe uma mensagem e fecha o formulário filho. Tudo funciona como esperado quando depurado no visual studio 2008 (.net 3.5 sp1). No entanto, quando eu o executo fora do visual studio, o bloco Catch parece ser perdido e ocorre uma exceção sem tratamento. Alguma idéia do porquê disso?

Obrigado.

Código de exemplo:

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim f2 As Form2

        f2 = New Form2

        Try
            MessageBox.Show("Opening form 2")
            f2.ShowDialog()
        Catch ex As Exception
            f2.Close()
            MessageBox.Show("Form 2 closed.")
        End Try
    End Sub

End Class

Public Class Form2

    Private Sub Form2_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Throw New ApplicationException("Test Form_Load")
    End Sub

    Public Sub New()

        ' This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
        InitializeComponent()

        ' Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call.
    End Sub

End Class

Rastreio de pilha:

 System.ApplicationException:
 Test Form_Load   at WindowsApplication1.Form2.Form2_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
 in UnhandledExceptionTest2\WindowsApplication1\Form2.vb
 System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
 System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
 System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
 System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
 System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)    at
 System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message&> m)    at
 System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message&> m)    at
 System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message&> m)    at
 System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message&> m)    at
 System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message&> m)    at
 System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message&> m)    at
 System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message&> m)    at
 System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr
 lparam)