(0x80004005): A generic error occurred in GDI+. in vb.net

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the following works fine on local machine but did not work on live server

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Protected Overridable Sub qrCodeImage_Changed(ByVal sender As System.Object) Handles Me.OnQRCodeImageChanged
        'Dim strImageOriginal As String = strGuid.ToString() + strImageSize
        Dim id As String = Guid.NewGuid.ToString
        Dim strImageOriginal As String
        Select Case Request.Cookies("Tab_Name").Value.ToString
            Case "vcard"
                strImageOriginal = "Vcard_" & txt_firstname.Text & "_" & txt_lastname.Text
            Case "event"
                strImageOriginal = "EVent_" & Regex.Replace(txtEvent.Text, "[\[\]\\\^\$\.\|\?\*\+\(\)\{\}%,;><!@#&\-\+\/\:]", "").Replace("http", "").Replace("www", "").Split(" ")(0)
            Case "qrFlikr"
                strImageOriginal = Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath("QRflikr"), "*.*").Length.ToString & "_" & Guid.NewGuid.ToString
            Case Else
                strImageOriginal = Regex.Replace(s, "[\[\]\\\^\$\.\|\?\*\+\(\)\{\}%,;><!@#&\-\+\/\:]", "").Replace("http", "").Replace("www", "").Split(" ")(0)
        End Select
        ImageQrCode.Save(Server.MapPath("QRImages/" + strImageOriginal + id + ".png"), System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png)
        ImageQrCode.Dispose()
        If Not Request.Cookies("overlay").Value = "" And Not Request.Cookies("overlay").Value = "''" Then
            ImageButton1.ImageUrl = ""
            Dim picBackground As Image = Image.FromFile(Server.MapPath(Request.Cookies("overlay").Value))
            Dim picForeground As Image = Image.FromFile(Server.MapPath("QRImages/" + strImageOriginal + id + ".png"))
            Dim finalimage As Image = OverlayImages(picForeground, picBackground)
            picBackground.Dispose()
            picForeground.Dispose()
            finalimage.Save(Server.MapPath("QRImages/" + strImageOriginal + id + ".png"))
            ImageButton1.ImageUrl = "QRImages/" + strImageOriginal + id + ".png"
        Else
            ImageButton1.ImageUrl = "QRImages/" + strImageOriginal + id + ".png"
        End If
    End Sub

Posted 2-Sep-13 21:29pm

sallaudin

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Ron Beyer 3-Sep-13 3:36am

What does OverlayImages do? Can you post the code for that? What line do you get the error on?

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sp_suresh · Answer 1 · 2013-09-02T22:26:00

Solution 2

1. Tell us line where error occurs (for this u have to create log file)
2. Also check folder created on server should have rights to create/save files

Posted 2-Sep-13 22:26pm

sp_suresh

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sallaudin 3-Sep-13 5:04am

i have submitted ther log please help me out on this

sallaudin · Answer 2 · 2013-09-02T22:55:00

2013-09-03 13:03:55,038 [18] ERROR Generator - strUrl about to execute
2013-09-03 13:03:55,114 [18] ERROR Generator - save image about to execute
2013-09-03 13:03:55,116 [18] ERROR Generator - exception occurred
System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException (0x80004005): A generic error occurred in GDI+.
at System.Drawing.Image.Save(String filename, ImageCodecInfo encoder, EncoderParameters encoderParams)
at Generator.qrCodeImage_Changed(Object sender)
at Generator.generateqrcode(String text)

the log created and the folder has the permissions to create/save files