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When catching an exception in .NET, you can have as many type-specific exception blocks as needed. But I usually try to have at least one "general" exception catch block. But is there a way to get the type of the "real" exception thrown that is caught by the generic exception handler, perhaps using reflection? For example, if I have Catch ex As System.ServiceModel.FaultException(Of InvalidUser) ProcessModuleLoadException(Me, ex) Catch ex As System.ServiceModel.FaultException(Of SQLExceptions) ProcessModuleLoadException(Me, ex) Catch ex As System.ServiceModel.FaultException(Of DataNullReference) ProcessModuleLoadException(Me, ex) Catch ex As System.ServiceModel.FaultException ProcessModuleLoadException(Me, ex) Catch ex As Exception ProcessModuleLoadException(Me, ex) (I have broken them out for debugging, even though I do the same thing with each exception). In short, in "Catch ex As System.ServiceModel.FaultException" I want to examine "ex" and get the base "real" type of the exception, either as a type (mostly for debugging so I can add another catch block) or as a string (for logging). But, inside the Catch block, "ex" has already been cast to it's parent class, so any original properties and information about the original exception seem to be lost. Suggestions?

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