Bug #66015 Parameter is not valid on startup after upgrade
Submitted: 26 Jul 2012 3:46 Modified: 26 Aug 2012 12:33
Reporter: Lee Silverman Email Updates:
Status: No Feedback Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench Severity:S2 (Serious)
Version:5.2.41 OS:Windows (Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: WBBugReporter

[26 Jul 2012 3:46] Lee Silverman
Description:
Upgraded to most recent version and now workbench won't start!

----- Developer Notes -----

MySQL Workbench CE for Windows version 5.2.41  revision 9727
Configuration Directory: C:\Users\administrator.jackrabbit\AppData\Roaming\MySQL\Workbench
Data Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Workbench 5.2 CE
Cairo Version: 1.8.8
OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5507  @ 2.27GHz, 1.7 GiB RAM
Current user language: English (United States)

Exception = System.ArgumentException
Message = Parameter is not valid.
FullText = System.ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid.
   at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(String filename, Boolean useIcm)
   at MySQL.Forms.TriangleNodeControl..ctor()
   at MySQL.Forms.TreeNodeViewImpl.add_column(TreeColumnType type, basic_string<char\,std::char_traits<char>\,std::allocator<char> >* name, Int32 initial_width, Boolean editable)
   at MySQL.Forms.TreeNodeViewImpl.add_column(TreeNodeView* self, TreeColumnType type, basic_string<char\,std::char_traits<char>\,std::allocator<char> >* name, Int32 initial_width, Boolean editable)
   at MySQL.MCallback5<int\,mforms::TreeNodeView \*\,enum mforms::TreeColumnType\,std::basic_string<char\,std::char_traits<char>\,std::allocator<char> > const \&\,int\,bool>.cpp_callback(TreeNodeView* a1, TreeColumnType a2, basic_string<char\,std::char_traits<char>\,std::allocator<char> >* a3, Int32 a4, Boolean a5)
   at wb.WBContextUI.init(WBContextUI* , WBFrontendCallbacks* , WBOptions* )
   at MySQL.Workbench.WbContext.init(AppImpl application, WbOptions options, VoidStrUIFormDelegate create_main_form_view)
   at MySQL.GUI.Workbench.Program.Main(String[] Args)

How to repeat:
Happens on startup for users and administrators
[26 Jul 2012 12:33] Johannes Taxacher
Hello Lee,

can you please check if you are passing any arguments to Workbench on startup? If yes, please try to launch Workbench without parameters and tell us if that works. Also please report which parameter is causing this problem.

thanks in advance
[27 Aug 2012 1:00] Bugs System
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