RenderDoc and D2D/DirectWrite

For bugs in the program itself it's better to file them on the renderdoc github rather than posting here - I only saw this topic by chance because a twitter bot posted it.

As it happens I fixed a bug recently since v1.0 was released related to D2D, so you could try a recent nightly build and see if it works now.

Hi. Nice to meet the one responsible
Really love your application for debugging my 3d engine.

I just tried the nighly build dated 13th of May, unfortunately both test applications (using D2D), crash when I try to run them through renderdoc. When I comment out the D2D part, it doesn't crash. Some debugging learned me that it's somehow related to the D2D rendertarget, being nullptr/ invalid at some point. Creating the D2D/DirectWrite factories, brush etc. all works fine. I'll give it some more tests, if I figure it out, I'll let you know.

@Baldur: I did some additional testing, in short:

- D2D RT BeginDraw = OK
- D2D RT DrawText = OK
- D2D RT EndDraw -> crashes the executable within Renderdoc
(no crash in VS debug, or debug EXE outside of VS)

I also tried to catch the HRESULT of the EndDraw call, but it seems to crash during the call itself, so doesn't finish it (and doesn't return a HRESULT). What would be the way to go to see if this is solvable? (didn't use GitHub earlier, but could dig into it for sure if needed :))

Are you able to share your program with me, or do you know of another open sample that reproduces the same problem? If you want to get in touch off the board, my contact info is on the renderdoc github.

I have tested with D2D in the past and fixed issues that have come up, but it could easily be that something new has cropped up which I'll need to fix. To fix it though I need to reproduce the problem somehow.

Sure, no problem. Not being on GitHub has no thought through reasons, just didn't see benefits yet. Currently on the job, I'll make a ZIP and put it on my FTP tonight (and send you the link, using contact details on GitHub).