Aspose.BarCode.BarCodeRecognition.BarCodeResult..ctor throws Object reference not set to an instance of an object

The following code is throwing null reference error from the line reader.ReadBarCodes(). What’s strange is that this code works fine in most cases, but throws error only sometimes. In particular, when decoding PDF417. I am decoding only QR and PDF417 as you can see in the second method. Note, it is not that decoding PDF417 always throws error, but it is random.

public List<BarcodeResult> Decode(Stream stream)
{
    var results = new List<BarcodeResult>();

    using (var reader = CreateAsposeBarCodeReader(stream))
    {
        foreach (var result in reader.ReadBarCodes())
        {
            results.Add(new BarcodeResult
            {
                Value = result.CodeText,
                Rectangle = result.Region.Rectangle
            });
        }
    }

    return results;
}

private BarCodeReader CreateAsposeBarCodeReader(Stream stream)
{
    if (_barcodeSetting.RecognizePdf417 && _barcodeSetting.RecognizeQR)
        return new BarCodeReader(stream, DecodeType.Pdf417, DecodeType.QR);

    if (_barcodeSetting.RecognizePdf417)
        return new BarCodeReader(stream, DecodeType.Pdf417);

    if (_barcodeSetting.RecognizeQR)
        return new BarCodeReader(stream, DecodeType.QR);

    return new BarCodeReader(stream);
}

The stacktrace looks like this:

System.NullReferenceException
  HResult=0x80004003
  Message=Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
  Source=Aspose.BarCode
  StackTrace:
   at Aspose.BarCode.BarCodeRecognition.BarCodeResult.(String )
   at Aspose.BarCode.BarCodeRecognition.BarCodeResult..ctor(   )
   at   .    ()

Notice those strange symbols in the stacktrace. I have never seen anything like this:
image.png (12.4 KB)

I am using Aspose.BarCode for .NET v24.8.0.0 in a WPF application (.NET Framework 4.7.2).

@suhailmahmood,

Thanks for the screenshot and details.

To evaluate your issue precisely, we require your barcode (image). This is strange that the issue occurred randomly and not always. We would appreciate if you could create a standalone sample console app (complete source code with resource files without compilation errors) to reproduce the error/exception. We will then look into it and may log an appropriate ticket for it.