Bug Report T1282659
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Visual Studio Report Designer - "Could not load file or assembly 'System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter' or one of its dependencies" error occurs on attempt to use a custom control

created a day ago

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Create a subclass of XRChart.
  2. Open Visual Studio Report Designer.
  3. Drop a custom chart control onto the designer surface.

Expected results:

A custom control appears in a report.

Current results:

Exceptions are thrown.

In v24.1.7: "Could not load file or assembly 'System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter' or one of its dependencies."

In v24.2.5: "Value cannot be null. Parameter name: collection."

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