I was able to reproduce the problem with your test project, and have create a task to fix this issue for the next release.
The underlying problem is with the cache we use to save point textures when rendering with bitmaps. From your application, simple workarounds like "use Vector rendering" and "don't use point renderers" did not seem appropriate. However, by using pre-initialized shared renderers, you can avoid the cache access exception and still use point rendering. Here are the changes I made to your project to get this working:
1) PointGraphicsReal.xaml
Remove the <ni:Graph.Plots> section, where the local point renderers are created.
2) PointGraphicsReal.xaml.cs
Declare a static collection of point renderers to share across all graphs, and use these as the default for the PointGraphicsReal graph:
private static readonly SolidColorBrush[] _pointFills = new[]{
Brushes.Red,
Brushes.Lime,
Brushes.Blue,
Brushes.Yellow,
Brushes.Magenta,
Brushes.Cyan,
Brushes.Red,
Brushes.Lime,
Brushes.White,
Brushes.Lime,
Brushes.Red,
Brushes.Yellow,
Brushes.Blue,
Brushes.Cyan,
Brushes.Magenta,
Brushes.Lime,
Brushes.Red,
Brushes.White,
};
public static readonly PlotRendererCollection PointRenderers = new PlotRendererCollection(
_pointFills.Select( fill => {
var pointRenderer = new PointPlotRenderer { Shape = PointShape.Ellipse, Fill = fill, Stroke = null };
// Freeze the renderer so that it can be used on any thread.
pointRenderer.Freeze( );
return pointRenderer;
} )
);
public PointGraphicsReal( ) {
InitializeComponent( );
graph.DefaultPlotRenderers.AddRange( PointRenderers );
// ...
}
3) MainWindow.xaml.cs
Initialize the shared point renderers on the main UI thread, before they are used on any other threads, but using them in a hidden graph.
public MainWindow( ) {
new NationalInstruments.Controls.Primitives.Tables.RenderTargetBitmapWrapper( 1.0, 1.0 );
InitializeComponent( );
// Use all of the the shared renderers on one thread, to pre-cache the render settings for safe use on all threads.
var graph = new Graph( );
graph.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden;
graph.RenderMode = RenderMode.Hardware;
graph.DefaultPlotRenderers.AddRange( PointGraphicsReal.PointRenderers );
graph.Data.AddRange( Enumerable.Repeat( (object)default( Point ), graph.DefaultPlotRenderers.Count ) );
var panel = (Panel)this.Content;
panel.Children.Add( graph );
}
~ Paul H
