FaceDetect OpenCV2.1 sample, Access violation writing location 0x00000000

I try to run facedetect opencv sample with vs2010. debug result "Unhandled exception at 0x53fa42bf in facedetect.exe: 0xC0000005: Access violation writing location 0x00000000."

Here is the code txt file: http://ebooks-libs.com/backup/facedetect-opencv2.1.txt

cpp file: http://ebooks-libs.com/backup/facedetect.cpp

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#define CV_NO_BACKWARD_COMPATIBILITY
#include "cv.h"
#include "highgui.h"
#ifdef _EiC
#define WIN32
#endif

using namespace std;
using namespace cv;

void detectAndDraw( Mat& img,
                   CascadeClassifier& cascade, CascadeClassifier& nestedCascade,
                   double scale);

String cascadeName ="./data/haarcascades/haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml";
String nestedCascadeName ="./data/haarcascades/haarcascade_eye_tree_eyeglasses.xml";

int main( int argc, const char** argv )
{
    CvCapture* capture = 0;
    Mat frame, frameCopy, image;
    const String scaleOpt = "--scale=";
    size_t scaleOptLen = scaleOpt.length();
    const String cascadeOpt = "--cascade=";
    size_t cascadeOptLen = cascadeOpt.length();
    const String nestedCascadeOpt = "--nested-cascade";
    size_t nestedCascadeOptLen = nestedCascadeOpt.length();
    String inputName;

    CascadeClassifier cascade, nestedCascade;
    double scale = 1;

    for( int i = 1; i < argc; i++ )
    {
        if( cascadeOpt.compare( 0, cascadeOptLen, argv[i], cascadeOptLen ) == 0 )
            cascadeName.assign( argv[i] + cascadeOptLen );
        else if( nestedCascadeOpt.compare( 0, nestedCascadeOptLen, argv[i], nestedCascadeOptLen ) == 0 )
        {
            if( argv[i][nestedCascadeOpt.length()] == '=' )
                nestedCascadeName.assign( argv[i] + nestedCascadeOpt.length() + 1 );
            if( !nestedCascade.load( nestedCascadeName ) )
                cerr << "WARNING: Could not load classifier cascade for nested objects" << endl;
        }
        else if( scaleOpt.compare( 0, scaleOptLen, argv[i], scaleOptLen ) == 0 )
        {
            if( !sscanf( argv[i] + scaleOpt.length(), "%lf", &scale ) || scale < 1 )
                scale = 1;
        }
        else if( argv[i][0] == '-' )
        {
            cerr << "WARNING: Unknown option %s" << argv[i] << endl;
        }
        else
            inputName.assign( argv[i] );
    }

    if( !cascade.load( cascadeName ) )
    {
        cerr << "ERROR: Could not load classifier cascade" << endl;
        cerr << "Usage: facedetect [--cascade=\"<cascade_path>\"]\n"
            "   [--nested-cascade[=\"nested_cascade_path\"]]\n"
            "   [--scale[=<image scale>\n"
            "   [filename|camera_index]\n" ;
        return -1;
    }

    if( inputName.empty() || (isdigit(inputName.c_str()[0]) && inputName.c_str()[1] == '\0') )
        capture = cvCaptureFromCAM( inputName.empty() ? 0 : inputName.c_str()[0] - '0' );
    else if( inputName.size() )
    {
        image = imread( inputName, 1 );
        if( image.empty() )
            capture = cvCaptureFromAVI( inputName.c_str() );
    }
    else
        image = imread( "lena.jpg", 1 );

    cvNamedWindow( "result", 1 );

    if( capture )
    {
        for(;;)
        {
            IplImage* iplImg = cvQueryFrame( capture );
            frame = iplImg;
            if( frame.empty() )
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            if( iplImg->origin == IPL_ORIGIN_TL )
                frame.copyTo( frameCopy );
            else
                flip( frame, frameCopy, 0 );

            detectAndDraw( frameCopy, cascade, nestedCascade, scale );

            if( waitKey( 10 ) >= 0 )
                goto _cleanup_;
        }

        waitKey(0);
_cleanup_:
        cvReleaseCapture( &capture );
    }
    else
    {
        if( !image.empty() )
        {
            detectAndDraw( image, cascade, nestedCascade, scale );
            waitKey(0);
        }
        else if( !inputName.empty() )
        {
            /* assume it is a text file containing the
            list of the image filenames to be processed - one per line */
            FILE* f = fopen( inputName.c_str(), "rt" );
            if( f )
            {
                char buf[1000+1];
                while( fgets( buf, 1000, f ) )
                {
                    int len = (int)strlen(buf), c;
                    while( len > 0 && isspace(buf[len-1]) )
                        len--;
                    buf[len] = '\0';
                    cout << "file " << buf << endl;
                    image = imread( buf, 1 );
                    if( !image.empty() )
                    {
                        detectAndDraw( image, cascade, nestedCascade, scale );
                        c = waitKey(0);
                        if( c == 27 || c == 'q' || c == 'Q' )
                            break;
                    }
                }
                fclose(f);
            }
        }
    }

    cvDestroyWindow("result");

    return 0;
}

void detectAndDraw( Mat& img,
                   CascadeClassifier& cascade, CascadeClassifier& nestedCascade,
                   double scale)
{
    int i = 0;
    double t = 0;
    vector<Rect> faces;
    const static Scalar colors[] =  { CV_RGB(0,0,255),
        CV_RGB(0,128,255),
        CV_RGB(0,255,255),
        CV_RGB(0,255,0),
        CV_RGB(255,128,0),
        CV_RGB(255,255,0),
        CV_RGB(255,0,0),
        CV_RGB(255,0,255)} ;
    Mat gray, smallImg( cvRound (img.rows/scale), cvRound(img.cols/scale), CV_8UC1 );

    cvtColor( img, gray, CV_BGR2GRAY );
    resize( gray, smallImg, smallImg.size(), 0, 0, INTER_LINEAR );
    equalizeHist( smallImg, smallImg );

t = (double)cvGetTickCount();
    cascade.detectMultiScale( smallImg, faces,1.1, 2, 0 |CV_HAAR_SCALE_IMAGE,Size(30, 30) );
        //|CV_HAAR_FIND_BIGGEST_OBJECT
        //|CV_HAAR_DO_ROUGH_SEARCH
t = (double)cvGetTickCount() - t;
 printf( "detection time = %g ms\n", t/((double)cvGetTickFrequency()*1000.) );
  for( vector<Rect>::const_iterator r = faces.begin(); r != faces.end(); r++, i++ )
    {
        Mat smallImgROI;
        vector<Rect> nestedObjects;
        Point center;
        Scalar color = colors[i%8];
        int radius;
        center.x = cvRound((r->x + r->width*0.5)*scale);
        center.y = cvRound((r->y + r->height*0.5)*scale);
        radius = cvRound((r->width + r->height)*0.25*scale);
        circle( img, center, radius, color, 3, 8, 0 );
        if( nestedCascade.empty() )
            continue;
        smallImgROI = smallImg(*r);
        nestedCascade.detectMultiScale( smallImgROI, nestedObjects,
            1.1, 2, 0
            //|CV_HAAR_FIND_BIGGEST_OBJECT
            //|CV_HAAR_DO_ROUGH_SEARCH
            //|CV_HAAR_DO_CANNY_PRUNING
            |CV_HAAR_SCALE_IMAGE
            ,
            Size(30, 30) );
       for( vector<Rect>::const_iterator nr = nestedObjects.begin(); nr != nestedObjects.end(); nr++ )
        {
            center.x = cvRound((r->x + nr->x + nr->width*0.5)*scale);
            center.y = cvRound((r->y + nr->y + nr->height*0.5)*scale);
            radius = cvRound((nr->width + nr->height)*0.25*scale);
            circle( img, center, radius, color, 3, 8, 0 );
        } 
    }
   cv::imshow( "result", img ); 
}

Need some help how to resolve it...

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The access violation error probably means you are accessing a pointer that you haven't set the value for.

If you don't understand how to use the debugger (learn!) put printf("ok1,2,3 ....\n"); liberally through the code and work out how far it's gettign so you can narrow down where the error happens

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I got this error too with OpenCV 2.3 on VS2010, even after adjusting the code so that cascadeName uses the full path to haarcascade_frontalface_alt.xml.

I was able to pinpoint the problem to the line that crashes the application:

if( !cascade.load( cascadeName ) )

The crash is coming from OpenCV's code and I don't know why it happens.