int try() { TCanvas *c2 = new TCanvas("c2","c2"); c2->Draw(); c2->Divide(2,2); TFile *thisfile = new TFile("ROOTfiles/ntuple_ana.root","READ"); TCanvas *canv = (TCanvas*)thisfile->Get("Effi_BIL_2A05"); c2->cd(1); canv->DrawClonePad(); c2->Update(); delete canv; // this seems to cure the Error and Crash but still // nothing is drawn. return 0; }