Could not load file or assembly 'GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Core.Rdl

Could not load file or assembly 'GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Core.Rdl

Posted by: paul.juhlin on 13 June 2022, 2:49 am EST

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  paul.juhlin

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  Posted 13 June 2022, 2:49 am EST

  Hi,

  I have upgraded from AR 7 to AR14. Everything have gone very well and all documentation is good. Except for this problem.
  
  I can’t edit my SectionReport. It works fine as I run the report, but it dose not work to design it.

  To make it easy to find the problem. I’ve taken your Sample project WinWiewer and just adit a SectionReport1.vb to it. I get this error on the design:
  
  Could not load file or assembly ‘GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Core.Rdl, Version=1.8.13.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc4967777c49a3ff’ or one of its dependencies. It can not find the file.
  
  Instances of this error (1)
  
  at GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport…ctor()
  
  — End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown —
  
  at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Telemetry.WindowsErrorReporting.WatsonReport.GetClrWatsonExceptionInfo(Exception exceptionObject)
  
  

  In output as I try ReBuild it gives this information:
  
  error BC30002: Type ‘GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport’ is not defined.
  
  error BC30002: Type ‘GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.PageHeader’ is not defined.
  
  error BC30002: Type ‘GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.Detail’ is not defined.
  
  error BC30002: Type ‘GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReportModel.PageFooter’ is not defined.
  
  error BC30284: sub ‘Dispose’ cannot be declared ‘Overrides’ because it does not override a sub in a base class.
  
  

  First I used the latest Nuget, 14.3.21055. I have also tryed a Nuget coresponding to latest hotfix from you, 14.2.20743.

  I’ve spent a couple of days looking through this forum. But now I do not know what to more look for.

  Kind regards, Paul

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  Posted 13 June 2022, 10:09 pm EST

  Hello,

  If you have ActiveReports 13 installed on your system, could you please try uninstalling the same from your system, and then try rebuilding your project.

  You may also update to the latest version of ActiveReports 14 using the below link:
  
  https://cdn.grapecity.com/ActiveReports/AR14/ActiveReports-v14.3.20938.msi

  Furthermore, instead of handling a single dependency at a time, could you please try using the “Convert to ActiveReports 14” Tool from the Visual Studio’s Tool menu which would automatically update all the ActiveReports package in your project,

  If the issue persists, please share a stripped-down application along with the screenshot of the error and the environment details of your system, so that we could debug it and reply accordingly.

  Regards
  
  Dushyant Sharma

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  Posted 13 June 2022, 11:04 pm EST

  So I got it running today. Just a recap for anyone reading.

  I only have AR 7. Nothing else.
  
  I have before my question made all sort of tips from the documentation. Like “Convert to ActiveReports 14”. The documentation on how to upgrade and breaking changes are very good and easy to follow. As I started my project after an rebuild today I got “Value cannot be null. Parameter name: instance”.

  In a response in this post, https://www.grapecity.com/forums/ar-dev/error-opening-report-desig Cliffe talks about “GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Serializer”. But I did not have that nuget on my project. By adding it, it all started to work.

  Thanks for help.

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  Posted 16 June 2022, 6:29 am EST

  Hello,

  We are glad to know that you were able to resolve the issue. Let us know in case you ran into any further issues.

  Regards,
  
  Dushyant Sharma

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  Posted 20 June 2022, 1:49 am EST

  Hi,
  
  Sorry to say. My problems are coming back.
  
  This is done by me:

  • Installed ActiveReports-v14.3.20938.msi
  • Using Nuget Packages 14.3.21055
  • My licenses.licx looks like this
    
    GrapeCity.ActiveReports.SectionReport, GrapeCity.ActiveReports, Version=14.3.21055.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc4967777c49a3ff
    
    GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win.Viewer, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win, Version=14.3.21055.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc4967777c49a3ff
  • In all my reports in DESING mode I get this line:
    
    Could not load file or assembly ‘GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win, Version=14.3.21055.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc4967777c49a3ff’ or one of its dependencies. Can’t find the file.
  • It is no problem to RUN my reports. They work perfect.
  • Convert to Active Reports 14 is done.
  • Reset Visual Studio settings do not help.
  • I had AR7 and upgraded to AR14 in one go.
  • Last week it worked as I added GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Serializer to my project, but today it do not work at all.

  I do not know why it do not work to see my reports in design mode? Could you please help me?

  Regards,
  
  Paul Juhlin.

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  Posted 20 June 2022, 7:33 pm EST

  Uninstalled VS 2019 and Reinstalled VS 2019.
  
  Now it’s working once more.

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  Posted 22 June 2022, 2:32 pm EST

  Hello,

  We are glad to know that you were able to resolve the issue. Let us know in case you ran into any further issues.

  Regards,
  
  Dushyant Sharma

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  Posted 31 August 2023, 2:32 am EST

  Had similar issue with VS Studio 2022 and AR 17. Turns out some of the dependencies had a version mismatch. In NuGet Package Manager, I downgraded the versions of
  
  GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Core.Rdl to 3.6.1 and GrapeCity.Documents.Imaging to 6.1.2.0
  
  then upgraded both again to latest and this resolved it.

  -Eric

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  Posted 31 August 2023, 10:40 pm EST

  Hi Eric,

  We are glad to know that you were able to resolve the issue.

  Please note, instead of upgrading the packages individually from Nuget Package Manager, upgrade your report using the ActiveReports File Converter. Go to Tools>Convert To ActiveReports 17 in the Tools menu. This will re-add all the ActiveReports dependencies that are compatible with the installed version of ActiveReports. After that, Clean and Rebuild your project and it should work.

  If you are upgrading the GrapeCity.ActiveReports package manually then you’d have to upgrade the packages like GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Viewer.Win v17.1.2.0, GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Serializer v17.1.2.0 etc too as updating GrapeCity.ActiveReports package will only upgrade the Reporting API and not the dependent ones.

  Click here to know about the packages you may need to update manually.

  Click here to know more about Upgrading Reports and References.

  Regards,
  
  Anand