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Barcode printing is failing intermittently with System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException (0x80004005): A generic error occurred in GDI+.error in windows 7


An attempt to print the barcode label is failing intermittently with the below error. Our code is developed using C#, Visual Studio 2010, and .Net framework is 4.0

IDAutomation version is 1.6.0.6

An error occurred while printing - System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException (0x80004005): A generic error occurred in GDI+.

at System.Drawing.Imaging.Metafile..ctor(IntPtr henhmetafile, Boolean deleteEmf)

at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.GetPictureFromParams(Object pict, IntPtr handle, Int32 type, IntPtr paletteHandle, Int32 width, Int32 height)

at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.GetPictureFromIPicture(Object picture)

at AMSR3STD0BarCodePrint.AMSR3BarCodePrint.Document_LayingTheStuffOut(Int32 int_CurrX, Int32 int_CurrY, Int32 int_CurrRow, DataRow[]& drows_Temp, String[] strarr_DummyText, PrintPageEventArgs& ev)

at AMSR3STD0BarCodePrint.AMSR3BarCodePrint.Document_PrintPage(Object sender, PrintPageEventArgs ev)

at System.Drawing.Printing.PrintController.PrintLoop(PrintDocument document)

at System.Drawing.Printing.PrintController.Print(PrintDocument document)

at System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument.Print()

at AMSR3STD0BarCodePrint.AMSR3BarCodePrint.PrintBarCode(Int32 int_BarCodeId, ADMData obj_Parms, Int16 short_NumToPrint)

Operating System: Windows 7

Application: .Net 4.0 Visual C#

03-25-13     10.9 year(s) ago    

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For Visual Studio.NET, IDAutomation recommends the .NET Forms Control as this would be the appropriate product for the environment. IDAutomation does not support ActiveX Controls in .NET.

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The control was updated to be 64-bit compatible. But nothing else was modified. For .NET applications, the best solution is a .NET control.

An alternative solution is the IDAutomation Barcode Fonts and encoder DLL.

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Ben,

We are observing the printing issue only with Windows 7 (64bit) and .net framework 4.0 applications. Everything worked fine on 32-bit machines(xp). IDAutomation ActiveX Control dll we have been using on 32bit boxes is IDAutomationLinear6.dll

What has been changed for 64bit?
why is it not supported?
Is there a workaround other than using .NET Forms Control?

Thanks,
Saritha

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