Hi everybody,
I'm facing a serious trouble relating to GDI+ generic error. The error
message is "A Generic error occured in GDI+" and the following information
is stored in Excepton object:
System.Drawing.Graphics.CheckErrorStatus(Int32 status)
System.Drawing.Graphics.DrawString(String s, Font font, Brush brush,
RectangleF layoutRectangle, StringFormat format)
System.Drawing.Graphics.DrawString(String s, Font font, Brush brush,
PointF point, StringFormat format)
In my application, I use DrawString to print text on printer. This is a POS
application in retail store and one receipt is printed every minute in rush
hours. The symptom reported by user is the program stop response or no
receipt is printed after 3 or 4 hours operation during rush hours. The
above error message is logged by my appliction. After reboot the machine,
it works normally again for another few hours.
I suspect the problem is caused by memory corruption but no idea how to
trace to source. The suspects are:
1. my code
2. GDI+ / .NET Framework
3. hardware (e.g. insufficient RAM)
I've also tried to add some GC.Collect() code in my code but there's no
improvement at all.
Here is the hardware / software configuration to run my application:
1. Intel Celeron 2G with 512MB
2. Star TSP 700 printer
3. Windows XP Professional with SP2 and latest patches
4. .NET Framework 2.0
5. SQL Server 2000 Desktop Edition with latest patches
6. Application compiled by VB.NET 2005
Would anybody have any idea how I can trace the source of this problem?
Thanks a lot for your attention and kindly advice!
Regards,
James Wong
