Class

# PlatformNotSupportedException

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## Description

Raised when a method is called on a platform that does not support it.

## Properties

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| Name                                                     | Type                               | Read-Only | Shared |
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| `ErrorNumber<platformnotsupportedexception.errornumber>` | `Integer</api/data_types/integer>` |           |        |
| `Message<platformnotsupportedexception.message>`         | `String</api/data_types/string>`   |           |        |

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| Name                                                      | Parameters                                                                                              | Returns                                    | Shared |
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| `Constructor<platformnotsupportedexception.constructor0>` | message As `String</api/data_types/string>` = "", errorNumber As `Integer</api/data_types/integer>` = 0 |                                            |        |
| `Stack<platformnotsupportedexception.stack>`              |                                                                                                         | `String()</api/data_types/string>`         |        |
| `StackFrames<platformnotsupportedexception.stackframes>`  |                                                                                                         | `StackFrame()</api/exceptions/stackframe>` |        |

## Property descriptions

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PlatformNotSupportedException.ErrorNumber

**ErrorNumber** As `Integer</api/data_types/integer>`

> Used to contain an error number that describes the runtime error.

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PlatformNotSupportedException.Message

**Message** As `String</api/data_types/string>`

> Used to contain descriptive text to display when the runtime exception is encountered.

## Method descriptions

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PlatformNotSupportedException.Constructor

**Constructor**(message As `String</api/data_types/string>` = "", errorNumber As `Integer</api/data_types/integer>` = 0)

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Used to raise your own `RuntimeException</api/exceptions/runtimeexception>` with a *message* and optional error number.

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PlatformNotSupportedException.Stack

**Stack** As `String()</api/data_types/string>`

> Returns a `String</api/data_types/string>` array that contains a list of all of the methods in the stack from the main entrypoint to the point at which the exception was invoked.
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PlatformNotSupportedException.StackFrames

**StackFrames** As `StackFrame()</api/exceptions/stackframe>`

> Returns an array containing the stack when the exception was first raised.

## Notes

A good example of this would be attempting to use the `Keychain</api/macos/keychain>` class on Windows or the `RegistryItem</api/windows/registryitem>` class on macOS.

## Compatibility

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| **Project Types**     | All |
| **Operating Systems** | All |

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`RuntimeException</api/exceptions/runtimeexception>` parent class.

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