# Old forum thread - Windows GDI graphic subsystem

**URL:** <https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/old-forum-thread-windows-gdi-graphic-subsystem/29>\
**Category:** General discussion\
**Created:** [January 9, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/old-forum-thread-windows-gdi-graphic-subsystem/29 "2014-01-09T02:37:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![yguisard](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/d6d6ee/32.png) [@yguisard](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/u/yguisard)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/old-forum-thread-windows-gdi-graphic-subsystem/29/1 "2014-01-09T02:37:56Z")

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Hi and thanks for this great tool.

I noticed a thread in 2013 looking at a bug with the following error:

Unable to create a canvas to draw image. This indicates a problem with the Windows GDI graphic subsystem. Was this resolved?

I get this error for any workbook any combination of size/format/setting "export for publication "

Similar, The batch export command comes up with an error stating that the charts could not be exported

Thanks for your help

Cheers

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**Author:** ![alisaww](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@alisaww](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/u/alisaww)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/old-forum-thread-windows-gdi-graphic-subsystem/29/2 "2014-02-25T20:59:47Z")

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Me too - I’ve been having this problem for about a year. I’m now on Version 6.51 in Excel 2010.

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**Author:** ![Daniel](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/user_avatar/forum.xltoolbox.net/daniel/32/6_2.png) [@Daniel](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/u/Daniel)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/old-forum-thread-windows-gdi-graphic-subsystem/29/3 "2014-02-25T21:20:57Z")

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I’m sorry you are experiencing these problems. A few other users have this problem as well, but unfortunately I was never able to reproduce it on my system, which makes it impossible to fix.

The rewrite of the Toolbox that I have planned will begin with a revamped chart export function, but it will take quite some time before I can release a beta version due to time constraints here at my end.

Sorry I can’t be of any help at this point.

Daniel

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**Author:** ![sajjad123](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@sajjad123](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/u/sajjad123)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/old-forum-thread-windows-gdi-graphic-subsystem/29/4 "2014-12-10T11:53:08Z")

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Oh well, just realized you are using the API. So it’s probably not feasible to manually work with the exported charts…

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**Author:** ![ayesha](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@ayesha](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/u/ayesha)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.xltoolbox.net/t/old-forum-thread-windows-gdi-graphic-subsystem/29/5 "2015-02-02T05:49:19Z")

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News! I’ve released the very first alpha version of the XL Toolbox NG (‘next generation’). It has almost no features so far, but a lot of work was done under the hood