IllegalCastException
From Xojo Documentation
Caused by an attempt to recast an object and then sending it a message that its original type cannot handle.
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An IllegalCastException error occurs when you attempt to cast an object to a different type and call a method or access a property belonging only to the original type. For example, if you recast a BevelButton as a PushButton (see the example below) and then call the Pushbutton's Push method, an IllegalCastException will occur because a BevelButton isn't a PushButton and happens not to have a Push method.
Sample Code
This example attempts to cast a BevelButton as a PushButton then call the Push method of the PushButton class. This example assumes that there is a BevelButton called "BevelButton1" in the same window where this code is being called:
When you test this code in the IDE, execution will stop at the last line and display an IllegalCastException error in your Code editor. If you test the code in a standalone app, the application will display a generic error message and quit when the user clicks OK.
You can handle the error by adding an Exception block to your code:
c = BevelButton1
PushButton(c).Push
Exception err
If err IsA IllegalCastException Then
MsgBox("Trying to recast a BevelButton as PushButton!")
End If
When you test this code in a standalone application, the message box display a more informative message that does not cause the app to quit.
See Also
RuntimeException class; Function, Raise statements; Nil datatype; Exception, Try statements.