RichTextBox Error with AppendText()

I receive an error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
when having this code call which makes no sense as this is a richtextbox
control. I have also placed the trace of this which seems to show this error
occurs within RichTextBox but it doesnt fire the catch. I had to put a
separate startup block in order to even catch this error - otherwise if it
was in the main form it would just fail and disappear with a Windows Forms
error.

Does anyone have a clue what is going on here?

Thanks!
Ben

Private Sub Socks_SessionRemoteDataArrival(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal
e As ThinkTekLabs.ProxySystem.Base.Session.RemoteDataArrivalEventArgs)
Handles Socks.SessionRemoteDataArrival

Try
Dim s As String = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(e.DataB)
RT.AppendText("REMOTE**: " + vbCrLf + s + vbCrLf)
Catch ex As Exception
'MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)

End Try
End Sub

The Try Catch is not triggered and the trace shows the following:

at System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox.EditStreamProc(IntPtr dwCookie,
IntPtr buf, Int32 cb, Int32& transferred)
at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.CallWindowProc(IntPtr
wndProc, IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DefWndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.DefWndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr hWnd,
Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.PeekMessage(MSG& msg,
HandleRef hwnd, Int32 msgMin, Int32 msgMax, Int32 remove)
at
System.Windows.Forms.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods+IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32
dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason,
ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason,
ApplicationContext context)
at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
at TestExe.startup.Main()

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Ben
Sun Aug 08 22:59:01 CDT 2004

One more note - the exact same code works with a normal multiline text box.

"Ben" wrote:

> I receive an error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
> when having this code call which makes no sense as this is a richtextbox
> control. I have also placed the trace of this which seems to show this error
> occurs within RichTextBox but it doesnt fire the catch. I had to put a
> separate startup block in order to even catch this error - otherwise if it
> was in the main form it would just fail and disappear with a Windows Forms
> error.
>
> Does anyone have a clue what is going on here?
>
> Thanks!
> Ben
>
> Private Sub Socks_SessionRemoteDataArrival(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal
> e As ThinkTekLabs.ProxySystem.Base.Session.RemoteDataArrivalEventArgs)
> Handles Socks.SessionRemoteDataArrival
>
> Try
> Dim s As String = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(e.DataB)
> RT.AppendText("REMOTE**: " + vbCrLf + s + vbCrLf)
> Catch ex As Exception
> 'MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
>
> End Try
> End Sub
>
> The Try Catch is not triggered and the trace shows the following:
>
> at System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox.EditStreamProc(IntPtr dwCookie,
> IntPtr buf, Int32 cb, Int32& transferred)
> at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.CallWindowProc(IntPtr
> wndProc, IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
> at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DefWndProc(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.DefWndProc(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase.WndProc(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox.WndProc(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr hWnd,
> Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
> at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.PeekMessage(MSG& msg,
> HandleRef hwnd, Int32 msgMin, Int32 msgMax, Int32 remove)
> at
> System.Windows.Forms.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods+IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32
> dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
> at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason,
> ApplicationContext context)
> at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason,
> ApplicationContext context)
> at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
> at TestExe.startup.Main()
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------

SlideOMix
Sat Sep 18 20:47:02 CDT 2004

This is caused in the EditStreamProc there can be a write possible to a
Stream which may be set to null by another method. Its possible to fix this
error if they put a check for null on that field at the start of the
EditStreamProc.

"Ben" wrote:

> One more note - the exact same code works with a normal multiline text box.
>
> "Ben" wrote:
>
> > I receive an error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
> > when having this code call which makes no sense as this is a richtextbox
> > control. I have also placed the trace of this which seems to show this error
> > occurs within RichTextBox but it doesnt fire the catch. I had to put a
> > separate startup block in order to even catch this error - otherwise if it
> > was in the main form it would just fail and disappear with a Windows Forms
> > error.
> >
> > Does anyone have a clue what is going on here?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Ben
> >
> > Private Sub Socks_SessionRemoteDataArrival(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal
> > e As ThinkTekLabs.ProxySystem.Base.Session.RemoteDataArrivalEventArgs)
> > Handles Socks.SessionRemoteDataArrival
> >
> > Try
> > Dim s As String = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(e.DataB)
> > RT.AppendText("REMOTE**: " + vbCrLf + s + vbCrLf)
> > Catch ex As Exception
> > 'MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
> >
> > End Try
> > End Sub
> >
> > The Try Catch is not triggered and the trace shows the following:
> >
> > at System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox.EditStreamProc(IntPtr dwCookie,
> > IntPtr buf, Int32 cb, Int32& transferred)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.CallWindowProc(IntPtr
> > wndProc, IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DefWndProc(Message& m)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.Control.DefWndProc(Message& m)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase.WndProc(Message& m)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox.WndProc(Message& m)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr hWnd,
> > Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.PeekMessage(MSG& msg,
> > HandleRef hwnd, Int32 msgMin, Int32 msgMax, Int32 remove)
> > at
> > System.Windows.Forms.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods+IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32
> > dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason,
> > ApplicationContext context)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason,
> > ApplicationContext context)
> > at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
> > at TestExe.startup.Main()
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------

Guest
Thu May 12 11:48:14 CDT 2005

RichTextBox needs to be called from the same thread it was created on.

Check (RichTextBox.InvokeRequired) - if this is true, call RichTextBox.Invoke or RichTextBox.BeginInvoke on an EventHandler to update the RichTextBox.


> I receive an error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
> when having this code call which makes no sense as this is a richtextbox
> control. I have also placed the trace of this which seems to show this error
> occurs within RichTextBox but it doesnt fire the catch. I had to put a
> separate startup block in order to even catch this error - otherwise if it
> was in the main form it would just fail and disappear with a Windows Forms
> error.
>
> Does anyone have a clue what is going on here?
>
> Thanks!
> Ben
>
> Private Sub Socks_SessionRemoteDataArrival(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal
> e As ThinkTekLabs.ProxySystem.Base.Session.RemoteDataArrivalEventArgs)
> Handles Socks.SessionRemoteDataArrival
>
> Try
> Dim s As String = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(e.DataB)
> RT.AppendText("REMOTE**: " + vbCrLf + s + vbCrLf)
> Catch ex As Exception
> 'MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
>
> End Try
> End Sub
>
> The Try Catch is not triggered and the trace shows the following:
>
> at System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox.EditStreamProc(IntPtr dwCookie,
> IntPtr buf, Int32 cb, Int32& transferred)
> at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.CallWindowProc(IntPtr
> wndProc, IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
> at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DefWndProc(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.DefWndProc(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase.WndProc(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.RichTextBox.WndProc(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
> at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.DebuggableCallback(IntPtr hWnd,
> Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
> at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.PeekMessage(MSG& msg,
> HandleRef hwnd, Int32 msgMin, Int32 msgMax, Int32 remove)
> at
> System.Windows.Forms.ComponentManager.System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods+IMsoComponentManager.FPushMessageLoop(Int32
> dwComponentID, Int32 reason, Int32 pvLoopData)
> at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason,
> ApplicationContext context)
> at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason,
> ApplicationContext context)
> at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
> at TestExe.startup.Main()
>
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