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Capture Maximum request length exceeded Exception

I am creating a page to accept user files. During testing I received a Maximum request length exceeded error. The fix to this (http://www.powupload.com/System.Web.HttpException-Maximum-request-length-exceeded.aspx) is to up your MaxRequestLength property. However, is there a way to capture this exception before it is thrown? I attempted to wrap the upload file's SaveAs() method in a try/catch but it did not catch the exception.

How do I capture this exception so when a user does exceed the max limit I can alert them accordingly.

REA_ANDREW

can you post the code you have so far so we can get a bigger picture. Thanks

Andrew :-)

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ASKER

Not much to it really...

protected void UploadFile_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string UploadDir = Server.MapPath(WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["ImageHandler_TempDir"]);

try
{
FileUpload1.SaveAs(UploadDir + Path.GetFileName(FileUpload1.FileName));
}
catch (System.Web.HttpException ex)
{
throw new Exception("I Got You");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception("I Got You");
}
}

Still throws "Maximum request length exceeded. "

I assume you'd need to catch it else where. I tried :
protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
{
try
{
base.OnLoad(e);
}
catch (System.Web.HttpException ex)
{
throw new Exception("I Got You");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new Exception("I Got You");
}
}

But figured I'd see if any EE Genius knows where or how.

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ASKER

Any ideas on this? If I can't catch this error, how else can I handle a user that attempts to upload a 20MB image?

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ASKER

Thanks for your post!