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1836369 - Error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

Symptom

  • Exporting a report from the Win Crystal Report Viewer for VS .NET
  • The error is thrown when using the viewer Export button

Environment

  • Crystal Reports 2008
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Cause

  • Crystal Reports 2008 is not supported with VS 2010

Resolution

Keywords

CRVS CR4VS 2010 2012 crash , KBA , BI-DEV-NET-SDK , .NET SDK / COM SDK , How To

Product

SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio