Out of Memory Exception

[Pete Davis]

I have an app that's dealing with a few hundred bitmap thumbnails.

I only instantiate the bitmaps that are visible at a given time and dispose
of them if they get scrolled out of view. I've used the .NET memory profiler
and I've verified there's no leak in my bitmaps, nor are there any other
apparent leaks. So, at a given time, there may be 30 or so bitmaps displayed
at a given time.

Still, somehow, I'm getting random errors in the painting that I can only
assume is coming from some sort of GDI resource issue. I've also had
situations where painting would happen outside of the control, where GDI was
clearly confused.

Here's the tail end of a stack dump from a recent OutOfMemory exception:

system.drawing. dll!System.Draw ing.Graphics.Fr omHdcInternal(i nt hdc = 0) +
0x56 bytes
system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.CreateBuffer (int
src = 738299658, int offsetX = 0, int offsetY = 0, int width = 1333, int
height = 1086) + 0x1e4 bytes
system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.AllocBuffer( System.Drawing. Graphics
targetGraphics = <undefined value>, int targetDC = 738299658,
System.Drawing. Rectangle targetBounds = {X=0 Y=0 Width=1333 Height=1086}) +
0x1a4 bytes
system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.AllocBufferI nTempManager(Sy stem.Drawing.Gr aphics
targetGraphics = <undefined value>, int targetDC = 738299658,
System.Drawing. Rectangle targetBounds = {X=0 Y=0 Width=1333 Height=1086}) +
0x3e bytes
system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.AllocBuffer( int
target = 738299658, System.Drawing. Rectangle targetBounds = {X=0 Y=0
Width=1333 Height=1086}) + 0x3f bytes
system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .Control.WmPain t(System.Window s.Forms.Message
m = {System.Windows .Forms.Message} ) + 0x23a bytes
system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .Control.WndPro c(System.Window s.Forms.Message
m = {System.Windows .Forms.Message} ) + 0x2d6 bytes

The code that triggers this is actually an Application.DoE vents() call, so
it's simply the OnPaint being called, which is where the control paints the
thumbnails.

Any ideas on how I can diagnose this? I was sure .NET Memory Profiler would
show something leaking, but there's just nothing leaking that I can find..
The app is using about 70MB of ram, but it stays pretty consistently around
that figure through the lifetime of the app and is well within my 2.5GB of
physical ram.

I do make some P/Invoke GDI calls in the OnPaint. I have a method that draw
captions for each thumbnail and it has to call GetTextExtentPo int32 to
determine the text size. To do this, I basically do:

IntPtr hdc = g.GetHdc();
IntPtr oldFont = SelectObject(hd c, _labelFont.ToHf ont());
SIZE textSize = new SIZE();
GetTextExtentPo int32(hdc, nameTxt, nameTxt.Length, ref textSize);
SelectObject(hd c, oldFont);
g.ReleaseHdc(hd c);

Am I doing something wrong here that's causing the HDC to leak?

Thanks for any ideas anyone can provide in tracking this down.

[Truong Hong Thi]

Hi Pete,

I only instantiate the bitmaps that are visible at a given >time and dispose
of them if they get scrolled out of view. Still, somehow, I'm getting random errors in the painting >that I can only
assume is coming from some sort of GDI resource >issue.

I also had to write code that generating thumbnails some time ago. .NET
throws OutOfMemoryExce ption if it does not recognize the image format.
This happen for example when loading the image file whose format is
unreconized/unsupported by .NET. Methods might raise this exception
include Image.FromFile, Bitmap constructor, etc, see their "remark"
section. You should debug your app to see if it is the cause.

Regards,
Thi

Thi

[Pete Davis]

Uou're right, and I realize this. In fact, I catch the exception if it
happens on the load and report an invalid file format..

In this case, as you can see from the stack trace, the OutOfMemoryExce ption,
however, the exception is being thrown in
System.Drawing. Graphics.FromHD CInternal and is being triggered by a WM_PAINT
message, not an image load.

Pete

"Truong Hong Thi" <th*****@gmail. com> wrote in message
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Hi Pete,

I only instantiate the bitmaps that are visible at a given >time and
dispose
of them if they get scrolled out of view.

Still, somehow, I'm getting random errors in the painting >that I can only
assume is coming from some sort of GDI resource >issue.

I also had to write code that generating thumbnails some time ago. .NET
throws OutOfMemoryExce ption if it does not recognize the image format.
This happen for example when loading the image file whose format is
unreconized/unsupported by .NET. Methods might raise this exception
include Image.FromFile, Bitmap constructor, etc, see their "remark"
section. You should debug your app to see if it is the cause.

Regards,
Thi

Thi

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Question is how large are the bitmaps?

Willy.

"Pete Davis" <pdavis68@[nospam]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I have an app that's dealing with a few hundred bitmap thumbnails.

I only instantiate the bitmaps that are visible at a given time and
dispose of them if they get scrolled out of view. I've used the .NET
memory profiler and I've verified there's no leak in my bitmaps, nor are
there any other apparent leaks. So, at a given time, there may be 30 or so
bitmaps displayed at a given time.

Still, somehow, I'm getting random errors in the painting that I can only
assume is coming from some sort of GDI resource issue. I've also had
situations where painting would happen outside of the control, where GDI
was clearly confused.

Here's the tail end of a stack dump from a recent OutOfMemory exception:

system.drawing. dll!System.Draw ing.Graphics.Fr omHdcInternal(i nt hdc = 0) +
0x56 bytes

system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.CreateBuffer (int
src = 738299658, int offsetX = 0, int offsetY = 0, int width = 1333, int
height = 1086) + 0x1e4 bytes

system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.AllocBuffer( System.Drawing. Graphics
targetGraphics = <undefined value>, int targetDC = 738299658,
System.Drawing. Rectangle targetBounds = {X=0 Y=0 Width=1333 Height=1086})
+ 0x1a4 bytes

system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.AllocBufferI nTempManager(Sy stem.Drawing.Gr aphics
targetGraphics = <undefined value>, int targetDC = 738299658,
System.Drawing. Rectangle targetBounds = {X=0 Y=0 Width=1333 Height=1086})
+ 0x3e bytes

system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.AllocBuffer( int
target = 738299658, System.Drawing. Rectangle targetBounds = {X=0 Y=0
Width=1333 Height=1086}) + 0x3f bytes

system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .Control.WmPain t(System.Window s.Forms.Message
m = {System.Windows .Forms.Message} ) + 0x23a bytes

system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .Control.WndPro c(System.Window s.Forms.Message
m = {System.Windows .Forms.Message} ) + 0x2d6 bytes

The code that triggers this is actually an Application.DoE vents() call, so
it's simply the OnPaint being called, which is where the control paints
the thumbnails.

Any ideas on how I can diagnose this? I was sure .NET Memory Profiler
would show something leaking, but there's just nothing leaking that I can
find.. The app is using about 70MB of ram, but it stays pretty
consistently around that figure through the lifetime of the app and is
well within my 2.5GB of physical ram.

I do make some P/Invoke GDI calls in the OnPaint. I have a method that
draw captions for each thumbnail and it has to call GetTextExtentPo int32
to determine the text size. To do this, I basically do:

IntPtr hdc = g.GetHdc();
IntPtr oldFont = SelectObject(hd c, _labelFont.ToHf ont());
SIZE textSize = new SIZE();
GetTextExtentPo int32(hdc, nameTxt, nameTxt.Length, ref textSize);
SelectObject(hd c, oldFont);
g.ReleaseHdc(hd c);

Am I doing something wrong here that's causing the HDC to leak?

Thanks for any ideas anyone can provide in tracking this down.

[Pete Davis]

"Willy Denoyette [MVP]" <wi************ *@telenet.be> wrote in message
news:eL******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...

Question is how large are the bitmaps?

Willy.

Willy, some of the bitmaps are quite large, but they are freed before the
thumbnails are drawn and all that remains loaded are whatever thumbnails are
visible at a given time. So, for example, I may have 30 or 40 100x100
bitmaps. The problem was happening regardless of whether the bitmaps were
created from the original image, or from my thumbnail cache (which keeps a
copy of the thumbnail after the first time it's created).

After some testing, I think I've narrowed it down to the code that draws the
caption text under each thumbnail. Though the problem isn't 100% reliably
reproduceable, I've done enough testing now that I would think I would have
run into the problem a few times by now, but haven't, since I removed the
code to draw the text.

Here is the full code that draws the text:

private void DrawFileText(Gr aphics g, Point thumbLocation, ThumbInfo ti)
{
IntPtr hdc = g.GetHdc();
IntPtr oldFont = SelectObject(hd c, _labelFont.ToHf ont());

string nameTxt = Path.GetFileNam e(ti.Filename);
if (nameTxt.Length > 25)
{
nameTxt = nameTxt.Substri ng(0, 23) + "...";
}

SIZE textSize = new SIZE();
GetTextExtentPo int32(hdc, nameTxt, nameTxt.Length, ref textSize);

int xNameLoc = (thumbLocation. X + (_thumbSize.Wid th / 2)) - (textSize.cx
/ 2);
int yNameLoc = thumbLocation.Y + _thumbSize.Heig ht + 3;

string dimTxt = ti.ImageSize.Wi dth.ToString() + "x" +
ti.ImageSize.He ight.ToString() ;
GetTextExtentPo int32(hdc, dimTxt, dimTxt.Length, ref textSize);

int xDimLoc = (thumbLocation. X + (_thumbSize.Wid th / 2)) - (textSize.cx
/ 2);
int yDimLoc = yNameLoc + textSize.cy;

SelectObject(hd c, oldFont);
g.ReleaseHdc(hd c);

g.DrawString(na meTxt, _labelFont, Brushes.Black, new PointF((float)
xNameLoc, (float) yNameLoc));
g.DrawString(di mTxt, _labelFont, Brushes.Black, new PointF((float)
xDimLoc, (float) yDimLoc));
}

There must be a leak in here somewhere that .NET Memory Profiler isn't
catching. If I comment out the call to this method, I simply can't seem to
reproduce the problem. I will continue testing to try to be certain.

Pete

[Pete Davis]

[snip]

Here is the full code that draws the text:

private void DrawFileText(Gr aphics g, Point thumbLocation, ThumbInfo ti)
{
IntPtr hdc = g.GetHdc();
IntPtr oldFont = SelectObject(hd c, _labelFont.ToHf ont());

string nameTxt = Path.GetFileNam e(ti.Filename);
if (nameTxt.Length > 25)
{
nameTxt = nameTxt.Substri ng(0, 23) + "...";
}

SIZE textSize = new SIZE();
GetTextExtentPo int32(hdc, nameTxt, nameTxt.Length, ref textSize);

int xNameLoc = (thumbLocation. X + (_thumbSize.Wid th / 2)) -
(textSize.cx / 2);
int yNameLoc = thumbLocation.Y + _thumbSize.Heig ht + 3;

string dimTxt = ti.ImageSize.Wi dth.ToString() + "x" +
ti.ImageSize.He ight.ToString() ;
GetTextExtentPo int32(hdc, dimTxt, dimTxt.Length, ref textSize);

int xDimLoc = (thumbLocation. X + (_thumbSize.Wid th / 2)) - (textSize.cx
/ 2);
int yDimLoc = yNameLoc + textSize.cy;

SelectObject(hd c, oldFont);
g.ReleaseHdc(hd c);

g.DrawString(na meTxt, _labelFont, Brushes.Black, new PointF((float)
xNameLoc, (float) yNameLoc));
g.DrawString(di mTxt, _labelFont, Brushes.Black, new PointF((float)
xDimLoc, (float) yDimLoc));
}

I have little doubt, at this point, that the above code is the problem. I
just can't figure out what's wrong with it. If anyone has any ideas, I'd
really appreciate it.

If the call to this method is commented out (it's called from OnPaint), then
everything works fine. If this method isn't commented out, eventually I get
an error in the paint, somewhere deep in GDI and usually not with this
particular OnPaint in the call stack. It appears that this method is somehow
corrupting GDI or perhaps leaking GDI resources or something.

The Dllmports for the two API functions used are:

[DllImport("gdi3 2.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode )]
public static extern int GetTextExtentPo int32(IntPtr hdc, String str, int
len, ref SIZE size);

[DllImport("gdi3 2.dll")]
static public extern IntPtr SelectObject(In tPtr hDC, IntPtr hObject);
The SIZE struct is:

[StructLayout(La youtKind.Sequen tial)]
public struct SIZE
{
public int cx;
public int cy;
}
Can anyone spot a problem anywhere in there?

Thanks.

Pete

[rmacias]

A while back, I had Out of Memory exceptions in one of my applications even
though the development PC had 2GB of memory (no memory leaks). I found this
during a Google search:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825680/

I applied the .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 and it fixed the issue.
This may or may not help you, but it is something to consider.

"Pete Davis" wrote:

I have an app that's dealing with a few hundred bitmap thumbnails.

I only instantiate the bitmaps that are visible at a given time and dispose
of them if they get scrolled out of view. I've used the .NET memory profiler
and I've verified there's no leak in my bitmaps, nor are there any other
apparent leaks. So, at a given time, there may be 30 or so bitmaps displayed
at a given time.

Still, somehow, I'm getting random errors in the painting that I can only
assume is coming from some sort of GDI resource issue. I've also had
situations where painting would happen outside of the control, where GDI was
clearly confused.

Here's the tail end of a stack dump from a recent OutOfMemory exception:

system.drawing. dll!System.Draw ing.Graphics.Fr omHdcInternal(i nt hdc = 0) +
0x56 bytes
system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.CreateBuffer (int
src = 738299658, int offsetX = 0, int offsetY = 0, int width = 1333, int
height = 1086) + 0x1e4 bytes
system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.AllocBuffer( System.Drawing. Graphics
targetGraphics = <undefined value>, int targetDC = 738299658,
System.Drawing. Rectangle targetBounds = {X=0 Y=0 Width=1333 Height=1086}) +
0x1a4 bytes
system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.AllocBufferI nTempManager(Sy stem.Drawing.Gr aphics
targetGraphics = <undefined value>, int targetDC = 738299658,
System.Drawing. Rectangle targetBounds = {X=0 Y=0 Width=1333 Height=1086}) +
0x3e bytes
system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.AllocBuffer( int
target = 738299658, System.Drawing. Rectangle targetBounds = {X=0 Y=0
Width=1333 Height=1086}) + 0x3f bytes
system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .Control.WmPain t(System.Window s.Forms.Message
m = {System.Windows .Forms.Message} ) + 0x23a bytes
system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .Control.WndPro c(System.Window s.Forms.Message
m = {System.Windows .Forms.Message} ) + 0x2d6 bytes

The code that triggers this is actually an Application.DoE vents() call, so
it's simply the OnPaint being called, which is where the control paints the
thumbnails.

Any ideas on how I can diagnose this? I was sure .NET Memory Profiler would
show something leaking, but there's just nothing leaking that I can find..
The app is using about 70MB of ram, but it stays pretty consistently around
that figure through the lifetime of the app and is well within my 2.5GB of
physical ram.

I do make some P/Invoke GDI calls in the OnPaint. I have a method that draw
captions for each thumbnail and it has to call GetTextExtentPo int32 to
determine the text size. To do this, I basically do:

IntPtr hdc = g.GetHdc();
IntPtr oldFont = SelectObject(hd c, _labelFont.ToHf ont());
SIZE textSize = new SIZE();
GetTextExtentPo int32(hdc, nameTxt, nameTxt.Length, ref textSize);
SelectObject(hd c, oldFont);
g.ReleaseHdc(hd c);

Am I doing something wrong here that's causing the HDC to leak?

Thanks for any ideas anyone can provide in tracking this down.

[Pete Davis]

I already have the service pack installed. It would have been nice if that
were the problem :-)

Pete

"rmacias" <rm*****@newsgr oup.nospam> wrote in message
news:EB******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

A while back, I had Out of Memory exceptions in one of my applications even
though the development PC had 2GB of memory (no memory leaks). I found
this
during a Google search:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825680/

I applied the .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1 and it fixed the issue.
This may or may not help you, but it is something to consider.

"Pete Davis" wrote:

I have an app that's dealing with a few hundred bitmap thumbnails.

I only instantiate the bitmaps that are visible at a given time and
dispose
of them if they get scrolled out of view. I've used the .NET memory
profiler
and I've verified there's no leak in my bitmaps, nor are there any other
apparent leaks. So, at a given time, there may be 30 or so bitmaps
displayed
at a given time.

Still, somehow, I'm getting random errors in the painting that I can only
assume is coming from some sort of GDI resource issue. I've also had
situations where painting would happen outside of the control, where GDI
was
clearly confused.

Here's the tail end of a stack dump from a recent OutOfMemory exception:

system.drawing. dll!System.Draw ing.Graphics.Fr omHdcInternal(i nt hdc = 0)
+
0x56 bytes

system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.CreateBuffer (int
src = 738299658, int offsetX = 0, int offsetY = 0, int width = 1333, int
height = 1086) + 0x1e4 bytes

system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.AllocBuffer( System.Drawing. Graphics
targetGraphics = <undefined value>, int targetDC = 738299658,
System.Drawing. Rectangle targetBounds = {X=0 Y=0 Width=1333 Height=1086})
+
0x1a4 bytes

system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.AllocBufferI nTempManager(Sy stem.Drawing.Gr aphics
targetGraphics = <undefined value>, int targetDC = 738299658,
System.Drawing. Rectangle targetBounds = {X=0 Y=0 Width=1333 Height=1086})
+
0x3e bytes

system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .GraphicsBuffer Manager.DibGrap hicsBufferManag er.AllocBuffer( int
target = 738299658, System.Drawing. Rectangle targetBounds = {X=0 Y=0
Width=1333 Height=1086}) + 0x3f bytes

system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .Control.WmPain t(System.Window s.Forms.Message
m = {System.Windows .Forms.Message} ) + 0x23a bytes

system.windows. forms.dll!Syste m.Windows.Forms .Control.WndPro c(System.Window s.Forms.Message
m = {System.Windows .Forms.Message} ) + 0x2d6 bytes

The code that triggers this is actually an Application.DoE vents() call,
so
it's simply the OnPaint being called, which is where the control paints
the
thumbnails.

Any ideas on how I can diagnose this? I was sure .NET Memory Profiler
would
show something leaking, but there's just nothing leaking that I can
find..
The app is using about 70MB of ram, but it stays pretty consistently
around
that figure through the lifetime of the app and is well within my 2.5GB
of
physical ram.

I do make some P/Invoke GDI calls in the OnPaint. I have a method that
draw
captions for each thumbnail and it has to call GetTextExtentPo int32 to
determine the text size. To do this, I basically do:

IntPtr hdc = g.GetHdc();
IntPtr oldFont = SelectObject(hd c, _labelFont.ToHf ont());
SIZE textSize = new SIZE();
GetTextExtentPo int32(hdc, nameTxt, nameTxt.Length, ref textSize);
SelectObject(hd c, oldFont);
g.ReleaseHdc(hd c);

Am I doing something wrong here that's causing the HDC to leak?

Thanks for any ideas anyone can provide in tracking this down.

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

"Pete Davis" <pdavis68@[nospam]hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:wq******** *************** *******@giganew s.com...

[snip]

Here is the full code that draws the text:

private void DrawFileText(Gr aphics g, Point thumbLocation, ThumbInfo ti)
{
IntPtr hdc = g.GetHdc();
IntPtr oldFont = SelectObject(hd c, _labelFont.ToHf ont());

string nameTxt = Path.GetFileNam e(ti.Filename);
if (nameTxt.Length > 25)
{
nameTxt = nameTxt.Substri ng(0, 23) + "...";
}

SIZE textSize = new SIZE();
GetTextExtentPo int32(hdc, nameTxt, nameTxt.Length, ref textSize);

int xNameLoc = (thumbLocation. X + (_thumbSize.Wid th / 2)) -
(textSize.cx / 2);
int yNameLoc = thumbLocation.Y + _thumbSize.Heig ht + 3;

string dimTxt = ti.ImageSize.Wi dth.ToString() + "x" +
ti.ImageSize.He ight.ToString() ;
GetTextExtentPo int32(hdc, dimTxt, dimTxt.Length, ref textSize);

int xDimLoc = (thumbLocation. X + (_thumbSize.Wid th / 2)) -
(textSize.cx / 2);
int yDimLoc = yNameLoc + textSize.cy;

SelectObject(hd c, oldFont);
g.ReleaseHdc(hd c);

g.DrawString(na meTxt, _labelFont, Brushes.Black, new PointF((float)
xNameLoc, (float) yNameLoc));
g.DrawString(di mTxt, _labelFont, Brushes.Black, new PointF((float)
xDimLoc, (float) yDimLoc));
}

I have little doubt, at this point, that the above code is the problem. I
just can't figure out what's wrong with it. If anyone has any ideas, I'd
really appreciate it.

If the call to this method is commented out (it's called from OnPaint),
then everything works fine. If this method isn't commented out, eventually
I get an error in the paint, somewhere deep in GDI and usually not with
this particular OnPaint in the call stack. It appears that this method is
somehow corrupting GDI or perhaps leaking GDI resources or something.

The Dllmports for the two API functions used are:

[DllImport("gdi3 2.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode )]
public static extern int GetTextExtentPo int32(IntPtr hdc, String str, int
len, ref SIZE size);

[DllImport("gdi3 2.dll")]
static public extern IntPtr SelectObject(In tPtr hDC, IntPtr hObject);
The SIZE struct is:

[StructLayout(La youtKind.Sequen tial)]
public struct SIZE
{
public int cx;
public int cy;
}
Can anyone spot a problem anywhere in there?

Thanks.

Pete

My best guess is that somehow you are exhausting the GDI heap and handles
because you aren't deleting the Font object handle.

[DllImport("Gdi3 2.dll")]

[return: MarshalAs(Unman agedType.Bool)]

public static extern bool DeleteObject(

IntPtr hObject // handle to graphic object

);

DeleteObject(ol dFont);

Willy.

[Pete Davis]

Willy,

I'll test that, but I'm curious:

The font is a member that's instantiated in the constructor and disposed in
the Dispose() method of the thumbnail control. Is ToHfont() creating a new
font handle every time I call it? The documentation doesn't say anything
about deleting the handle after calling ToHfont(). I just assumed each call
would be returning the same handle since it's the same font object.

I suppose I could just get it once in the constructor and that would take
care of the problem, if that is the problem. I'll post again after testing.
Thanks.

Pete

"Willy Denoyette [MVP]" <wi************ *@telenet.be> wrote in message
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[snip]

Here is the full code that draws the text:

private void DrawFileText(Gr aphics g, Point thumbLocation, ThumbInfo ti)
{
IntPtr hdc = g.GetHdc();
IntPtr oldFont = SelectObject(hd c, _labelFont.ToHf ont());

string nameTxt = Path.GetFileNam e(ti.Filename);
if (nameTxt.Length > 25)
{
nameTxt = nameTxt.Substri ng(0, 23) + "...";
}

SIZE textSize = new SIZE();
GetTextExtentPo int32(hdc, nameTxt, nameTxt.Length, ref textSize);

int xNameLoc = (thumbLocation. X + (_thumbSize.Wid th / 2)) -
(textSize.cx / 2);
int yNameLoc = thumbLocation.Y + _thumbSize.Heig ht + 3;

string dimTxt = ti.ImageSize.Wi dth.ToString() + "x" +
ti.ImageSize.He ight.ToString() ;
GetTextExtentPo int32(hdc, dimTxt, dimTxt.Length, ref textSize);

int xDimLoc = (thumbLocation. X + (_thumbSize.Wid th / 2)) -
(textSize.cx / 2);
int yDimLoc = yNameLoc + textSize.cy;

SelectObject(hd c, oldFont);
g.ReleaseHdc(hd c);

g.DrawString(na meTxt, _labelFont, Brushes.Black, new PointF((float)
xNameLoc, (float) yNameLoc));
g.DrawString(di mTxt, _labelFont, Brushes.Black, new PointF((float)
xDimLoc, (float) yDimLoc));
}

I have little doubt, at this point, that the above code is the problem. I
just can't figure out what's wrong with it. If anyone has any ideas, I'd
really appreciate it.

If the call to this method is commented out (it's called from OnPaint),
then everything works fine. If this method isn't commented out,
eventually I get an error in the paint, somewhere deep in GDI and usually
not with this particular OnPaint in the call stack. It appears that this
method is somehow corrupting GDI or perhaps leaking GDI resources or
something.

The Dllmports for the two API functions used are:

[DllImport("gdi3 2.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode )]
public static extern int GetTextExtentPo int32(IntPtr hdc, String str, int
len, ref SIZE size);

[DllImport("gdi3 2.dll")]
static public extern IntPtr SelectObject(In tPtr hDC, IntPtr hObject);
The SIZE struct is:

[StructLayout(La youtKind.Sequen tial)]
public struct SIZE
{
public int cx;
public int cy;
}
Can anyone spot a problem anywhere in there?

Thanks.

Pete

My best guess is that somehow you are exhausting the GDI heap and handles
because you aren't deleting the Font object handle.

[DllImport("Gdi3 2.dll")]

[return: MarshalAs(Unman agedType.Bool)]

public static extern bool DeleteObject(

IntPtr hObject // handle to graphic object

);

DeleteObject(ol dFont);

Willy.