Following online samples, I have written qrcode web cam reader in c# uzing zXing and aForge libraries.
I have encountered very weird behavior of System.Windows.Forms.Timer
in C#: I have dropped it on widows form, enabled it, set interval 1 second and attached tick eventhandler.
Everything seems to work normally, but when i resize(enlarge) the window to particular size, or if i make window fullscreen, the times tick event stops firing. When i bring window from fullscreen to normal size, or when i reduce window size, the timer starts again by itself automatically.
I am using following version of visual studio:
Here is my code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using AForge.Video;
using AForge.Video.DirectShow;
using ZXing;
namespace QrCodeWebCamReader
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
FilterInfoCollection filterInfoColletion;
VideoCaptureDevice captureDevice;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
filterInfoColletion = new FilterInfoCollection(FilterCategory.VideoInputDevice);
foreach(FilterInfo filterInfo in filterInfoColletion)
{
cboDevice.Items.Add(filterInfo.Name);
}
cboDevice.SelectedIndex = 0;
}
private void BtnStart_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
captureDevice = new VideoCaptureDevice(filterInfoColletion[cboDevice.SelectedIndex].MonikerString);
captureDevice.NewFrame += CaptureDevice_NewFrame;
captureDevice.Start();
timer1.Start();
}
private void CaptureDevice_NewFrame(object sender, NewFrameEventArgs eventArgs)
{
// pictureBox.Image = (Bitmap)eventArgs.Frame.Clone();
Bitmap img = (Bitmap)eventArgs.Frame.Clone();
using (Graphics gr = Graphics.FromImage(img))
{
gr.SmoothingMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.AntiAlias;
Rectangle cropArea = new Rectangle(img.Width / 2 - 150, img.Height / 2 - 150, 300, 300);
gr.DrawRectangle(new Pen(Color.Red,5), cropArea);
}
pictureBox.Image = (Bitmap)img.Clone();
}
private void Form1_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
timer1.Stop();
if (captureDevice.IsRunning)
{
captureDevice.Stop();
}
}
private void Timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("fungus");
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(pictureBox.Image);
if(pictureBox.Image != null)
{
Rectangle cropArea = new Rectangle(pictureBox.Image.Width / 2 - 150, pictureBox.Image.Height / 2 - 150, 300, 300);
BarcodeReader barcodeReader = new BarcodeReader();
Result result = barcodeReader.Decode((Bitmap)((Bitmap)pictureBox.Image).Clone(cropArea, pictureBox.Image.PixelFormat));
picCropped.Image = (Bitmap)((Bitmap)pictureBox.Image).Clone(cropArea, pictureBox.Image.PixelFormat);
if (result != null)
{
txtQRCode.Text += result.ToString();
Console.Beep();
}
}
}
}
}
My project is configured to work with net framework 2.0
What could be the cause of this behavior and how can i prevent it from happening?
Thank you
EDIT: The only logic I can think of regarding this behavior is that maybe compiler is doing some sort of optimization / obfuscation / minimization of the generated executable code? How is it possible to turn of optimization /obfuscation / minimization in visual studio community version for c# windows forms application?
UPDATE: This behavior happens only if video is being captured. If video is not being captured, timer is not stopping.
After Extensive research, i Have replaced System.Windows.Forms.Timer
with System.Timers.Timer
And everything started to worked normally and errors went away.
My setup for System.Timers.Timer
looks Like This:
System.Timers.Timer timer1;
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
timer1 = new System.Timers.Timer(600);
timer1.Enabled = true;
timer1.SynchronizingObject = this;
timer1.Elapsed += Timer1_Elapsed;
timer1.Start();
}
But, i still have no answer what was the reason of the original error. Any info regarding this issue would be great.