survive missing configuration entries for paths

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/unotools/source/config/pathoptions.cxx b/unotools/source/config/pathoptions.cxx
index bb19b2c032d3..5ce92c5d6fee 100644
--- a/unotools/source/config/pathoptions.cxx
+++ b/unotools/source/config/pathoptions.cxx
@@ -263,9 +263,12 @@ static VarNameAttribute aVarNameAttribute[] =
 
 const String& SvtPathOptions_Impl::GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Pathes ePath )
 {
+    if ( ePath >= SvtPathOptions::PATH_COUNT )
+        return m_aEmptyString;
+
     ::osl::MutexGuard aGuard( m_aMutex );
 
-    if ( ePath < SvtPathOptions::PATH_COUNT )
+    try
     {
         OUString    aPathValue;
         String      aResult;
@@ -290,6 +293,9 @@ const String& SvtPathOptions_Impl::GetPath( SvtPathOptions::Pathes ePath )
         m_aPathArray[ ePath ] = aPathValue;
         return m_aPathArray[ ePath ];
     }
+    catch (UnknownPropertyException &)
+    {
+    }
 
     return m_aEmptyString;
 }