GDI+ System.Drawing.Bitmap gives error Parameter is not valid intermittently

Question

I have some C# code in an ASP.Net application that does this:

Bitmap bmp = new Bitmap(1184, 1900);

And occasionally it throws an exception \"Parameter is not val

Answer 1

Stop using GDI+ and start using the WPF Imaging classes (.NET 3.0). These are a major cleanup of the GDI+ classes and tuned for performance. Additionally, it sets up a "bitmap chain" that allows you to easily perform multiple actions on the bitmap in an efficient manner.

Find more by reading about BitmapSource

Here's an example of starting with a blank bitmap just waiting to receive some pixels:

using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
class Program {
    public static void Main(string[] args) {
        var bmp = new WriteableBitmap(1184, 1900, 96.0, 96.0, PixelFormat.Bgr32, null);
    }
}