Beta 3 crashes on "save to tga"

[Rick Brewster]

Yeah, I do need that crash log, I can't reproduce this. Thanks.

[Crazy Man Dan]

Crash log for Paint.NET v2.5 (Beta 3 Release build 2.5.2108.39014)

Time of crash: 10/10/2005 1:23:15 PM

OS version: 5.1.2600.0

.NET Framework version: 1.1.4322.2032

Exception details:

System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid.

at PaintDotNet.Data.TgaFileType.TgaSaveConfigWidget.InitWidgetFromToken(SaveConfigToken token)

at PaintDotNet.SaveConfigWidget.set_Token(SaveConfigToken value)

at PaintDotNet.SaveConfigDialog.set_FileType(FileType value)

at PaintDotNet.MainForm.GetSaveConfigToken(FileType fileType, SaveConfigToken saveConfigToken, SaveConfigToken& newSaveConfigToken)

at PaintDotNet.MainForm.DoSaveAsDialog(String& newFileName, FileType& newFileType, SaveConfigToken& newSaveConfigToken)

at PaintDotNet.MainForm.DoSaveAs()

at PaintDotNet.MainForm.menuFileSaveAs_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.MenuItemData.Execute()

at System.Windows.Forms.Command.Invoke()

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmCommand(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)

at PaintDotNet.PdnBaseForm.OurWndProc(Message& m)

at PaintDotNet.PdnBaseForm.WndProc(Message& m)

at PaintDotNet.MainForm.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

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I believe this is the same crash log. I encountered this error when saving as a TGA, replacing an already saved TGA image. When propted if I wanted to replace the existing file, I selected "Yes." The screen froze, stuck there a while, blanked out, then popped up an error box telling me to look at the pdncrashlog file.

It let me save the first TGA, but after crashing on the replace, I have as of yet been unable to save another TGA, encountering the same crash log each time.

I hope that sheds some light on the problem!

Dan

[Rick Brewster]

Yes, that definitely helps. I'm able to reproduce this now. I'm looking into it. Thanks!

[Rick Brewster]

In the meantime, as an [obnoxious] workaround, you can delete the following registry key before you save a TGA:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Paint.NET \ PaintDotNet.Data.TgaFileType.TgaFileType

There seems to be a problem after deserializing this data, but if it's not there then everything works fine.

[Rick Brewster]

This is the most bizarre bug. Anyway, I have a better workaround for now.

Go to the command line and type the following:

%WINDIR%\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v1.1.4322\gacutil.exe /u TgaFileType

You should see output similar to the following:

Microsoft (R) .NET Global Assembly Cache Utility.  Version 1.1.4318.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2002. All rights reserved.


Assembly: TgaFileType, Version=2.5.2108.39008, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=85cad16301864386, Cus
tom=null
Uninstalled: TgaFileType, Version=2.5.2108.39008, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=85cad16301864386,
Custom=null

Number of items uninstalled = 1
Number of failures = 0

[Crazy Man Dan]

Alrighty. I gave that a shot, and it seems to work fine now.

I did, however, have to make one small change. On my computer, the path was:

%WINDIR%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\gacutil.exe

I'm not sure why there was a difference, but just so other users are aware: If you attempt this and the specified path cannot be found, check in your WINDOWS directory and scout out the proper path for your specific system.

[Rick Brewster]

It's different on your computer because I forgot the 'Framework' part of the path ... I fixed up my post just now.