From dec434e15376c4461ccf94f3969c1f8a657fc8ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wmayer <wmayer@freecad.org>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:03:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Gui: Handle exception when trying to start editing an object

---
 src/Gui/Document.cpp     |  1 +
 src/Gui/ViewProvider.cpp | 11 ++++++++---
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Gui/Document.cpp b/src/Gui/Document.cpp
index e703c41e35..50d97b3b17 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Document.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Document.cpp
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ bool Document::trySetEdit(Gui::ViewProvider* p, int ModNum, const char *subname)
     Application::Instance->setEditDocument(this);
 
     if (!d->tryStartEditing(vp, obj, _subname.c_str(), ModNum)) {
+        d->setDocumentNameOfTaskDialog(getDocument());
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProvider.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProvider.cpp
index 82823721a2..1f04a65a10 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProvider.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProvider.cpp
@@ -137,9 +137,14 @@ ViewProvider::~ViewProvider()
 
 ViewProvider *ViewProvider::startEditing(int ModNum)
 {
-    if(setEdit(ModNum)) {
-        _iEditMode = ModNum;
-        return this;
+    try {
+        if (setEdit(ModNum)) {
+            _iEditMode = ModNum;
+            return this;
+        }
+    }
+    catch (const Base::Exception& e) {
+        e.reportException();
     }
     return nullptr;
 }