C# Out of Memory when Creating Bitmap

Question

I\'m creating an application (Windows Form) that allows the user to take a screenshot based on the locations they choose (drag to select area). I wanted to add a little \"pr

Answer 1

MSDN explains that an OutOfMemoryException means

rect is outside of the source bitmap bounds

where rect is the first parameter to the Bitmap.Clone method.

So check that the cropArea parameter is not larger than your image.

In GDI+ an OutOfMemoryException does not really mean "out of memory"; the GDI+ error code OufOfMemory has been overloaded to mean different things. The reasons for this are historic and a well described by Hans Passant in another answer.