BR: Opening a PopupMenu throws an exception

Windows
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Hey there,
I recently noticed that opening a PopupMenu throws an exception on Windows.

Exception thrown at 0x00007FF91A26804A in reaper.exe: Microsoft C++ exception: _com_error at memory location 0x000000000014D830.

This shows up multiple times when the PopupMenu window becomes visible. The debugger stops in juce_windowing_Windows.cpp in line 5405.

It doesn’t seem to affect functionality in the DAWs I checked though, except for Studio One where I would get a hang/crash only when a debugger is being connected. Without the debugger, there seem to be no apparent effects either.

I used the ComboBox in the “DSPModulePluginDemo” example for reproduction. I couldn’t reproduce the issue in the DemoRunner, however.

Probably not something that needs immediate attention but maybe something you still would want to take a look at at some point.

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Hey,

I wasn’t able to reproduce this. I’m using the DSPModulePluginDemo in Reaper while attached to a debugger (Visual Studio 2022). I get some normal Direct2D related messages in the output window but no exceptions that cause crashes.

What version of JUCE are you running and are you using the develop branch?