Draw.Text causes System Access Violation Exception and crashes NT8

[Iridium237]

I get a the following exception that crashes NT8:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.AccessViolationException' occurred in SharpDX.Direct2D1.dll

I am working on an expanded price alert indicator and I think it may be related to the Draw.Text function I am using to update a price label on my horizontal line.

I have it set to update every 200ms according to a timer elapsed event. It works great and it follows the line when it is moved by the user. But I have been noticing more crashes of this type since I added this feature.

Every 200ms I do:

private void setPriceLevelLabel()
{
	if (ShowPriceMarker)
	{
		SimpleFont font =  new SimpleFont("Courier New", 12) { Size = PriceMarkerTextSize, Bold = true };
		
		Draw.Text(
			this, 
			"PriceMarker",
			true,
			Instrument.MasterInstrument.RoundToTickSize(currentPrice).ToString(),
			PriceMarkerBarsAgo,
			currentPrice,
			(PriceMarkerPlacement == AboveOrBelow.Above ? 17 : -7),
			PriceMarkerTextColor,
			font,
			TextAlignment.Left,
			Brushes.Transparent,
			Brushes.Transparent,
			100).ZOrder = PriceMarkerZOrder == BackOrFront.Back ? -1 : ZOrder;
	}
}

Is this bad practice?

[NinjaTrader_ZacharyG]

Hello Iridium237,

Thank you for writing in.

Can you please provide your script or a sample script that replicates this behavior so I may test on my end?

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