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If you run into an issue while using ActiveReports, you will probably find the solution within this section. Click any short description below to drop down the symptoms, cause, and solution. Or click a link to another section of the troubleshooting guide.

General Troubleshooting

Copy icon missing from the viewer

Errors after installing a new build

Blank pages printed between pages or red line in the viewer

Copying reports results in stacked controls

The project does not work if Integrated Managed Pipeline Mode is enabled

ActiveReports.Interop64.dll is not available in the default "Add Reference" dialog

A warning message appears when opening a report with the OleObject control

The DocumentLoadException occurs when deploying a report with an RDF file on the Windows Azure Developer Portal

The designer is not refreshed after the PrintWidth property is changed via code

The "Invalid Resx file..." error occurs when rebuilding an ActiveReports application with a watermark in the SP2 or earlier builds

The report is not associated with the Visual Studio Designer when adding ActiveReports to a TFS-bound project

The SystemNotSupportedException occurs when running ActiveReports with scripts on .NET Framework 4.0

Microsoft Access OLE DB provider in a 64-bit system

Flash Viewer Troubleshooting

Swfobject undefined error

IOError while loading document. Error #2032

FireFox displays white pages

Silverlight Viewer Troubleshooting

JScript error while using the Silverlight Viewer in Silverlight 5

Export Troubleshooting (Separate topic)

Parameters Troubleshooting

Error message appears in Fields list

An unhandled exception of type "System.Data..." occurs when the report is run

User is prompted for parameters for subreports even though they are supplied by the main report

Print Troubleshooting

The printing thread dies before the report finishes printing

The viewer shows the report on the wrong paper size

Custom paper sizes do not work

Blank pages are printed between report pages

Memory Troubleshooting

Symptoms: ActiveReports is consuming too much memory and the CPU usage is at 100%.

The CPU usage always goes to 100% when using ActiveReports.

Cause: There are several reasons why too much memory may be consumed:

The report is not being disposed of properly

Machine.Config MemoryLimit setting is insufficient

Report never finishes processing

Task manager indicates the current "working set" of the process

Note: According to Microsoft it is not necessary to call GC.Collect and it should be avoided. However, if calling GC.Collect reduces the memory leak, then this indicates that it is not a leak after all. A leak in managed code is caused by holding a reference to an object indefinitely. If ActiveReports is holding a reference to an object, then the object cannot be collected by the garbage collector.

WebViewer Troubleshooting

The WebViewer will not print without displaying the report

The report is not getting updated with new data, or the page number stays the same

The report in the HTML viewer type does not look exactly like the other viewer types

The icons are missing on my WebViewer control

"Error Creating Control - Webviewer"

Blank reports with the AcrobatReader viewer type on the production web server

A configuration error occurs when deploying an application with the WebViewer on the Windows Azure Developer Portal

A configuration error occurs when running a Windows Azure application with the WebViewer

The DocumentLoadException occurs when deploying a project that contains the WebViewer with an RDF file on the Windows Azure Developer Portal

Help Troubleshooting

ActiveReports 6 Help is not updated in Visual Studio 2010 after the new service pack installation

Pressing the F1 key does not open ActiveReports 6 Help in Visual Studio 2010