crystal-reports

Why do I get this Crystal Reports Type Initializer error?

The error occurs on a customer's machine running an EXE produced by the VS2022 Visual Basic Compiler.

The error message shown is:- The type initializer for 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument' threw an exception.

Details shown regarding the Engine are:- CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine Assembly Version 13.0.4000.0 Win32 Version 13.0.35.4870 and it then gives a CodeBase file name.

Solution

  • Most likely the SAP runtime is not installed, corrupted or the installed version does not match the one used in the application.