Generic exception in Bitmap

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I am getting an Generic Error in GDI+ while executing this code set.

Please Help..

I am using this code,

C#

private void btn_Send_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
       {
           Rectangle bounds = this.Bounds;
           using (Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(bounds.Width, bounds.Height))
           {
               using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bitmap))
               {

                   g.CopyFromScreen(new Point(bounds.Left, bounds.Top), Point.Empty, bounds.Size);
               }
               bitmap.Save("C://test.jpg",ImageFormat.Jpeg);
           }
       }

Posted 20-Apr-12 22:14pm

djrocks0101

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El_Codero 21-Apr-12 4:23am

hm, tried your code and it works well, without exception. Generic exception is generally thrown if file couldn't be saved, you already have tried another filepath/permission?

djrocks0101 21-Apr-12 5:45am

Yeah you are right..It was missing the permission to create file in that directory..
I just changed the drive to D:\ and it worked for me.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-20T22:31:00

Solution 1

It's a permissions problem: Win7 (and Vista IIRC) will not allow a general user write permission to the root folder of the system disk.
Move your image file to a subdirectory that you can write in, and you will be fine:

C#

bitmap.Save("C:\\Temp\\test.jpg",ImageFormat.Jpeg);

Posted 20-Apr-12 22:31pm

OriginalGriff

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djrocks0101 21-Apr-12 5:35am

Thanks OG.

OriginalGriff 21-Apr-12 5:45am

You're welcome