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1481439 - Crystal Reports in a VS .NET application fail to release Graphical Device Interface (GDI) objects

Symptom

  • Number of GDI objects on each iteration of the viewing and closing/disposing of the report and viewer keep increasing
  • This leads to the system running out of GDI objects

Reproducing the Issue

  • Open Task Manager and click on View and Select Columns. Add GDI Objects
  • View a Crystal Report several times
  • GDI resources will keep increasing

Resolution

Keywords

KBA , BI-DEV-NET-SDK , .NET SDK / COM SDK , Bug Filed

Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V1