using gpib 488 commands within my VB.Net program (e.g. ibrd, ibwrt), i get the .Net runtime crashing randomly. it occurs frequently, but not consistently - in other words, it may crash after 100 calls, or may crash after 1000 calls to the dll, but eventually it will always crash. this is very frustrating because we are trying to collect data and having the program crash half-way through a long (two or three hour) test causes LOTS of wasted time and effort. i have tried many of the different types of marshalling that vb.net provides, but to no avail. what do i need to do to keep this from crashing?
below are the errors from the Windows Application Log:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: .NET Runtime
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1023
Date: 12/12/2006
Time: 5:02:54 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MN01W0090
Description:
.NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.42 - Fatal Execution Engine Error (7A05E2B3) (80131506)
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Event Type: Error
Event Source: .NET Runtime 2.0 Error Reporting
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 12/12/2006
Time: 5:03:07 PM
User: N/A
Computer: MN01W0090
Description:
Faulting application commonserialinterface.exe, version 1.0.0.0, stamp 457f081d, faulting module mscorwks.dll, version 2.0.50727.42, stamp 4333e7ec, debug? 0, fault address 0x000a163b.
Data:
0000: 41 00 70 00 70 00 6c 00 A.p.p.l.
0008: 69 00 63 00 61 00 74 00 i.c.a.t.
0010: 69 00 6f 00 6e 00 20 00 i.o.n. .
0018: 46 00 61 00 69 00 6c 00 F.a.i.l.
0020: 75 00 72 00 65 00 20 00 u.r.e. .
0028: 20 00 63 00 6f 00 6d 00 .c.o.m.
0030: 6d 00 6f 00 6e 00 73 00 m.o.n.s.
0038: 65 00 72 00 69 00 61 00 e.r.i.a.
0040: 6c 00 69 00 6e 00 74 00 l.i.n.t.
0048: 65 00 72 00 66 00 61 00 e.r.f.a.
0050: 63 00 65 00 2e 00 65 00 c.e...e.
0058: 78 00 65 00 20 00 31 00 x.e. .1.
0060: 2e 00 30 00 2e 00 30 00 ..0...0.
0068: 2e 00 30 00 20 00 34 00 ..0. .4.
0070: 35 00 37 00 66 00 30 00 5.7.f.0.
0078: 38 00 31 00 64 00 20 00 8.1.d. .
0080: 69 00 6e 00 20 00 6d 00 i.n. .m.
0088: 73 00 63 00 6f 00 72 00 s.c.o.r.
0090: 77 00 6b 00 73 00 2e 00 w.k.s...
0098: 64 00 6c 00 6c 00 20 00 d.l.l. .
00a0: 32 00 2e 00 30 00 2e 00 2...0...
00a8: 35 00 30 00 37 00 32 00 5.0.7.2.
00b0: 37 00 2e 00 34 00 32 00 7...4.2.
00b8: 20 00 34 00 33 00 33 00 .4.3.3.
00c0: 33 00 65 00 37 00 65 00 3.e.7.e.
00c8: 63 00 20 00 66 00 44 00 c. .f.D.
00d0: 65 00 62 00 75 00 67 00 e.b.u.g.
00d8: 20 00 30 00 20 00 61 00 .0. .a.
00e0: 74 00 20 00 6f 00 66 00 t. .o.f.
00e8: 66 00 73 00 65 00 74 00 f.s.e.t.
00f0: 20 00 30 00 30 00 30 00 .0.0.0.
00f8: 61 00 31 00 36 00 33 00 a.1.6.3.
0100: 62 00 0d 00 0a 00 b.....
