Panic KERN-EXEC 3

[vinp]

Hello,

I get a KERN_EXEC 3 panic for the following piece of code in my app:
TInt err = iBitmap->Load(KCardsFile, iPlayerHand[i]);

if(KErrNone != err)
{
RDebug::Printf("Error Loading File %s\n", KCardsFile);
}
else if(KErrNone == err)
{
gc.DrawBitmap(rect, iBitmap);
}

The line of code highlighted in the debugger is
RDebug::Printf("Error Loading File %s\n", KCardsFile);

KCardsFile has been set to the genereated .mbm file
_LIT(KCardsFile, "\resources\apps\\Cards.mbm");

The stack trace at the time of panic shows the variable values as follows:

this 0x43194bcc
CCoeControl 0x43194BCC
iBitmap 0x43194e80
CBase 0x43194E80
iFbs 0x43190734
iAddressPointer 0x00000000
iFlags 0
iUseCount 0
iHandle 0
iServerHandle 0
iBitmapError 0
iDeckOfCards 0x43194c74
iPlayerHand
iPhoneHand
iNumPlayerCards 3
iNumPhoneCards 3
iPlayerWins 0
iPhoneWins 0
iGameMode EModePlaying
KCardsFile 0x004082B0
rect 0x4315D958
gc 0x43190FE8
i 0
err -28
I am not sure why I get this panic. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

TIA
Vin

[symbianyucca]

You should propably not load the image in a draw function, since it is executed multiple times, thus try having it in a ConstructL or some other functio which execution you can actually control. As well as it might be good to just check which excat line is giving the panic.

[vinp]

Thanks for the prompt response. I am loading the image in the draw function as there are multiple images (3 images to be precise), which are loaded and discarded in a loop.
So I create the view object in ConstructL() and then load the images in the Draw() method.
I am not sure how to check the exact line, as I am not very familiar with the debugger.
As I mentioned in my last post, the line highlighted in the debugger is the one with the RDebug::Printf() statement.

thanks
vin

[symbianyucca]

Your Draw function is called multiple times, and you dont really have a control for it. So then try loading the image in the "loop", note though that you can not use any for-while-etc loops, since they would prevent any redraw events.

Also you could check the pointers that they are non-NULL before using them. and remember to set any pointer that is deleted to NULL, these two things usually take away most of the Kern-Exec 3 panics.

[vinp]

In fact, I load the image within the loop itself. I then reset the bitmap object before loading the next image. Here's the code for the Draw method:

void CCardGameGUIAppVer2AppView::Draw(const TRect& aRect) const
{
TRect rect = Rect();
// Get the standard graphics context
CWindowGc& gc = SystemGc();
if (EModePlaying == iGameMode)
{
for(TInt i=0; i<iNumPlayerCards; i++)
{
gc.Clear(rect);
iBitmap->Reset();
TInt err = iBitmap->Load(KCardsFile, iPlayerHand[i]);
if(KErrNone != err)
{
RDebug::Printf("Error Loading File %s\n", KCardsFile);
}
else if(KErrNone == err)
{
gc.DrawBitmap(rect, iBitmap);
}
}
}
thanks
Vin

[symbianyucca]

That will also not work. Thus try out for example a timer that calls a function in which you delete the old image, and make completel new one, and then you would just call DrawNow(), and in Draw() do check that the iBitmap is valid pointer & image.

[mahbub_s60]

Can you check if iBitmap is valid?

[wizard_hu_]

That err=-28 in your post should be quite self-explanatory: http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Error_codes

[symbianyucca]

That err=-28 in your post should be quite self-explanatory: http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Error_codes

damned, my week-old-flu is making me to miss things, pretty nicely spotted.. Basically firstly there should be a drive letter, and secondly // should be used instea dof just simgle ones..

[vinp]

That err=-28 in your post should be quite self-explanatory: http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Error_codes

thanks. that resolved the problem.

Vin