An internal application which displays data in a datagrid has recently been upgraded to support printing of the datagrid. I have used v6.2.4 and v6.3.1 of the XtraPrinting assemblies, which both throw the ArgumentException displayed in the "Actual Results" section of this issue. It does not occur on my Developer machine, as well as numerous other machines around the office, but does occur on one of the Designer machines.
I created a class which inherits from DevExpress.XtraPrintingLinks.DataGridLink to perform the customization, which is nothing more than a header & footer record. Nowhere in the class do I make references to the Verdana font, or any other font for that matter.
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DB60070
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Hello,
Sorry, we can't reproduce your issue. Everything works fine in our tests.
It seems that there is a problem with the Verdana font on one of your Designer machines. Probably, its font file was occasionally changed? Could you please compare the Verdana font file installed on your machine with the Verdana font file installed on the machine which reproduces the bug?
Also please try to run this code on your Designer's machine:
Dim fnt As New Font("Verdana", 36, FontStyle.Regular)If this code fails, just replace the Verdana font file on that machine and try to run this code again.
Waiting for your response.
Thanks, Alan.
R&D, .net Team.
I created the sample application, which threw the same exception. I compared the fonts on my machine and the Designer's machine, and they were indeed very different. I moved my fonts to his machine, and voila, issue resolved.
I still do not understand why a Watermark is being instantiated if I am not using one, but I have steps to resolve the issue so you can mark it as solved. Thanks.
Hello,
Glad to hear that you've managed to solve the problem.
As for creating a Watermark object, this is required for our internal purposes only. In any way, I'm pleased that the problem is resolved now.
Thanks, Alan.
R&D, .net Team.