Generic GDI+ Error when saving bitmaps

[Michael Kennedy [UB]]

Hi Everyone,

I have this multithreaded C# windows forms application which does a lot of
image processing. Occasionally, I get the following error:

A generic error occurred in GDI+.
System.Runtime. InteropServices .ExternalExcept ion: A generic error occurred
in GDI+.
at System.Drawing. Image.Save(Stri ng filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder,
EncoderParamete rs encoderParams)
at System.Drawing. Image.Save(Stri ng filename, ImageFormat format)

It's very strange. Most of the time it works without a problem. But
sometimes I get this error. It can happen with the same source image which
just worked previously and will work next time.

Does anyone know what's causing this? "A generic error" is quiet unhelpful
tracking this down.

Thanks for any help.

Regards,
Michael

Michael Kennedy
http://www.unittesting.com

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi Michael,

The save method of Image class is not thread safe.

Here is what MSDN said,
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe
for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be
thread safe.

For more information, you may refer to the link below.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/cpref/html/
frlrfsystemdraw ingimageclasssa vetopic.asp

So I think you may try to invoke the Save method in one thread, which will
avoid the problem.
Regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
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Hi Everyone,

I have this multithreaded C# windows forms application which does a lot of
image processing. Occasionally, I get the following error:

A generic error occurred in GDI+.
System.Runtime .InteropService s.ExternalExcep tion: A generic error occurred
in GDI+.
at System.Drawing. Image.Save(Stri ng filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder,
EncoderParamet ers encoderParams)
at System.Drawing. Image.Save(Stri ng filename, ImageFormat format)

It's very strange. Most of the time it works without a problem. But
sometimes I get this error. It can happen with the same source image which
just worked previously and will work next time.

Does anyone know what's causing this? "A generic error" is quiet unhelpful
tracking this down.

Thanks for any help.

Regards,
Michael

Michael Kennedy
http://www.unittesting.com

[Michael Kennedy [UB]]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for the info. However, I did *not* assume that the Save method was
thread-safe. I only call Save once, from one thread for any given instance
of the Bitmap class. Perhaps some more info would be useful here. This is
the basic flow of events involving the Bitmap.

I have a loop running in a worker thread which rebuilds scenes and then adds
them to a control and list of controls which render copies of the images in
the main GUI thread of the application. Here is a cut-down version of the
thread which does the image generating and the other simply sets the values
of PictureBox's Image property and lets them repaint themselves (indirectly
through the ThumbnailContro l class):

public void ProcessScenes()
{
foreach (Scene s in scenes)
{
renderer.Curren tScene = s;
renderer.Rebuil dSceneImage();

// ... (non-image related stuff)

string file = FILENAME;
try
{
Image sceneImage = new Bitmap(renderer .SceneImage);
sceneImage.Save (file, ImageFormat.Png ); // <-- HERE IS THE GENERIC
ERROR
sceneImage.Disp ose();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Trace.WriteLine (ex);
// ... (handle error)
}

Bitmap oldImage = thumbnailContro l.SourceImage;
thumbnailContro lCurrent.Source Image = new Bitmap(renderer .SceneImage);
if (oldImage != null)
{
oldImage.Dispos e();
}
thumbnailPageCo ntrol1.AddThumb nail(new ThumbnailPageCo ntrol(new
Bitmap(renderer .SceneImage)));
}
}

What could be going on here? Any ideas?

Thanks,
Michael

"Peter Huang [MSFT]" <v-******@online.m icrosoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi Michael,

The save method of Image class is not thread safe.

Here is what MSDN said,
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe
for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

For more information, you may refer to the link below.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/cpref/html/ frlrfsystemdraw ingimageclasssa vetopic.asp

So I think you may try to invoke the Save method in one thread, which will
avoid the problem.
Regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.

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From: "Michael Kennedy [UB]" <mk******@REMOV ETHIS.unitedbin ary.com>
Subject: Generic GDI+ Error when saving bitmaps
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Hi Everyone,

I have this multithreaded C# windows forms application which does a lot ofimage processing. Occasionally, I get the following error:

A generic error occurred in GDI+.
System.Runtime .InteropService s.ExternalExcep tion: A generic error occurredin GDI+.
at System.Drawing. Image.Save(Stri ng filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder,
EncoderParamet ers encoderParams)
at System.Drawing. Image.Save(Stri ng filename, ImageFormat format)

It's very strange. Most of the time it works without a problem. But
sometimes I get this error. It can happen with the same source image whichjust worked previously and will work next time.

Does anyone know what's causing this? "A generic error" is quiet unhelpfultracking this down.

Thanks for any help.

Regards,
Michael

Michael Kennedy
http://www.unittesting.com

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi Michael,

To isolated the problem,
1.you may try to replace your code as follows.

Image sceneImage = new Bitmap(renderer .SceneImage);
sceneImage.Save (file, ImageFormat.Png ); // <-- HERE IS THE GENERIC
ERROR with
Image sceneImage = new Bitmap(@"c:\tes t.bmp");
sceneImage.Save (file, ImageFormat.Png ); // <-- HERE IS THE GENERIC

2. You may try to Create a new project and modify your code to be single
threaded to see if the problem persists.
[You may only need to copy the necessary code to reproduce the problem in a
single threaded environment.

Please perform the test and let me know the result.
Regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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Hi Peter,

Thanks for the info. However, I did *not* assume that the Save method was
thread-safe. I only call Save once, from one thread for any given instance
of the Bitmap class. Perhaps some more info would be useful here. This is
the basic flow of events involving the Bitmap.

I have a loop running in a worker thread which rebuilds scenes and then addsthem to a control and list of controls which render copies of the images in
the main GUI thread of the application. Here is a cut-down version of the
thread which does the image generating and the other simply sets the values
of PictureBox's Image property and lets them repaint themselves (indirectly
through the ThumbnailContro l class):

public void ProcessScenes()
{
foreach (Scene s in scenes)
{
renderer.Curren tScene = s;
renderer.Rebuil dSceneImage();

// ... (non-image related stuff)

string file = FILENAME;
try
{
Image sceneImage = new Bitmap(renderer .SceneImage);
sceneImage.Save (file, ImageFormat.Png ); // <-- HERE IS THE GENERIC
ERROR
sceneImage.Disp ose();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Trace.WriteLine (ex);
// ... (handle error)
}

Bitmap oldImage = thumbnailContro l.SourceImage;
thumbnailContro lCurrent.Source Image = new Bitmap(renderer .SceneImage); if (oldImage != null)
{
oldImage.Dispos e();
}
thumbnailPageCo ntrol1.AddThumb nail(new ThumbnailPageCo ntrol(new
Bitmap(rendere r.SceneImage))) ;
}
}

What could be going on here? Any ideas?

Thanks,
Michael

"Peter Huang [MSFT]" <v-******@online.m icrosoft.com> wrote in message
news:Bb******* *******@cpmsftn gxa06.phx.gbl.. .

Hi Michael,

The save method of Image class is not thread safe.

Here is what MSDN said,
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are safe
for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to

be

thread safe.

For more information, you may refer to the link below.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...-us/cpref/html

/

frlrfsystemdraw ingimageclasssa vetopic.asp

So I think you may try to invoke the Save method in one thread, which will

avoid the problem.
Regards,
Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties and confers no rights.
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>From: "Michael Kennedy [UB]" <mk******@REMOV ETHIS.unitedbin ary.com>
>Subject: Generic GDI+ Error when saving bitmaps
>Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:04:08 -0700
>Lines: 28
>Organization : United Binary, LLC.
>X-Priority: 3
>X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
>X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158
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>Message-ID: <uO************ **@tk2msftngp13 .phx.gbl>
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>Xref: cpmsftngxa06.ph x.gbl microsoft.publi c.dotnet.genera l:108001
>X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.publi c.dotnet.genera l
>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I have this multithreaded C# windows forms application which does a lot

of >image processing. Occasionally, I get the following error:
>
>A generic error occurred in GDI+.
>System.Runtime .InteropService s.ExternalExcep tion: A generic erroroccurred >in GDI+.
> at System.Drawing. Image.Save(Stri ng filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder,
>EncoderParamet ers encoderParams)
> at System.Drawing. Image.Save(Stri ng filename, ImageFormat format)
>
>It's very strange. Most of the time it works without a problem. But
>sometimes I get this error. It can happen with the same source imagewhich >just worked previously and will work next time.
>
>Does anyone know what's causing this? "A generic error" is quietunhelpful >tracking this down.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Regards,
>Michael
>
>Michael Kennedy
>http://www.unittesting.com
>
>
>

[banks362001]

here's wat i found out;:
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------//

Image1.Visible= true;
byte[] picture=picture sInfo.picture;
int newWidth=Conver t.ToInt32(Image 1.Width.Value), newHeight=Conve rt.ToInt32(Imag e1.Height.Value );
System.IO.Memor yStream ms = new System.IO.Memor yStream(picture );
System.Drawing. Image image = System.Drawing. Image.FromStrea m(ms);
try
{
string tempFile = "\\banks.jp g";
System.IO.Path. GetFileName(tem pFile);
image.Save(temp File);
string filePath=System .IO.Path.GetFul lPath(tempFile) ;
Image1.ImageUrl =filePath.ToStr ing();
image.Dispose() ;
}

catch(Exception ex)
{
ex.ToString();
}






//----------the string tempFile = "\\banks.jp g"; points to the C:\ of ur local machine..Make sure the C:\ has ASPNET permission...on ce u do dat ur image appears just like magic