crash on 32-bit TIFF HDR file on opening/previewing

[Xalt]

If I run Inkscape and select file-> import it crashes when it encounters a 32-bit tiff file (in my case, created with ImageJ). It already crashes if the file is only selected for preview (i.e. single left click). Consequently, if the first file in a folder happens to be a a 32-bit file, choosing file-> import leads to an immediate crash of Inkscape. Disabling "preview" does not solve the problem. I had the problem with version 0.45 and 0.46. The platform I use is windows XP. The error message is: "Runtime Error! Program: C:\Program Files\Inkscape\inkscape.exe This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information."

[Rygle (rygle)]

Hi Xalt, could you please post a small/simple example file that always makes this happen for you? I am interested in getting further information when a crash happens. Thanks!

[nightrow (jb-benoit)]

It would be a lot easier for us to confirm the issue if you could join your tiff file here (use a small one).
This way we can be sure to work on the same issue.
Thanks

[Xalt (l-bosgraaf)]

Hi,
Here's one of the files that causes the error
Greetz, Xalt

[Rygle (rygle)]

Thanks xalt, this hard crashes for me too.

I can't get anything from gdb except "Program exited with code 03"

Using the Inkcl.bat setup to get errors from dos, I get this;
==========
return code: 3
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'Gdk::PixbufError'

Emergency save activated!
Emergency save completed. Inkscape will close now.
If you can reproduce this crash, please file a bug at www.inkscape.org
with a detailed description of the steps leading to the crash, so we can fix it.
==========

I found it almost impossible to find anything that would open this file;
* When I ran GraphicsMagick it also crashed that - "IMDisplay MFC Application has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."
* Gimp gives a message saying "TIFF Message: Sorry, can not handle images with 32-bit samples" and "TIFF Message: Unsupported layout, no RGBA loader".
* Could get it to load in Ifran View, which cut the colours from 32bit to 24bit. It looks like multi-colour static on a red background.

[Ulferikson (ulferikson)]

Looks like an uncaught exception similar to bug #168471 which is marked as duplicate of bug #173116. The mingw gcc 4 compiler doesn't allow throwing exceptions accross dll's the way mingw gcc 3.4.5 did.

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=E1IUIrP-0002LO-KC%40sc8-sf-web21.sourceforge.net
"If you want to throw exceptions across a dll boundary you need to build
dll and client exe with --shared-libgcc. Or port the mingw-specific
gcc-3.4.5 -win32-shared-ptr patches to gcc 4.x"

Maybe someone can rebuild the win32 'devlibs' with --shared-libgcc and try?

[Rygle (rygle)]

Ifran View should be Irfan View

[Xalt (l-bosgraaf)]

I created the file with the java based ImageJ program (open source, just google imagej). I wouldn't expect many programs to open it, as it also contains "Not a Number" pixels, negative values, infinity etc. I don't need Inkscape to open it anyway, it's just that it's crashing... By the way, I just started using Inkscape and I think it's a real cool program :)

Xalt

[theAdib (theadib)]

i does not crash anymore.
I committed a fix (svn 21308) so that Inkscape produce an error dialogue to the user while opening such a file. However Inkscape uses gdk_pixbuf operations for handling bitmap files. Those functions does not work using 32bit files. If you really want use your 32bit TIFF file, pls file a new bug report "please support 32bit TIFF files".