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1219417 - Error: 'Invalid Argument provided. Java Server startup failure.' when creating or refreshing a report using a JDBC or XML connection in Crystal Reports

Symptom

  • Error: Invalid Argument provided.
  • Error: Java Server startup failure.
  • When creating or refreshing a report using a JDBC or XML connection, it fails.
  • When attempting to connect to a database via a JDBC or XML connection in Crystal Reports, it fails with the error:

    "Invalid Argument provided.
     Details: Java Server startup failure.
     Verify the PATH (JDK), CLASSPATH, and IORFileLocation properties in the CRConfig.xml file.
     In addition, verify that you are using JDK 1.5."
      
     
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Environment

  • SAP Crystal Reports 2016
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2020
  • SAP Crystal Reports 2025 

Product

SAP Crystal Reports 2016 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2020 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2025

Keywords

CR, CLASSPATH, CLASS PATH, START JAVA SERVER, Classpath Error starting Java Server , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , Problem

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