Microsoft.ReportViewer.Common Version=12.0.0.0

Question

I'm getting the following exception in my Windows Service Application:

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.ReportViewer.Common, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

I cannot find a download url for version 12 and setting the files to "Include" and "Prequisite (Auto)" does not solve the problem in this Windows Service Application, although it works fine in my WinForms Application and results in the appropriate files being included and referenced along with all other requisite .DLLs.

Can someone either help me get this Windows Service Application to include the files, or lead me to a download link that will install Version 12 in the GAC?

Answer 1

Issue

Parser Error Message: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms / Winforms, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Cause

Microsoft ReportViewer runtime and SQL CLR Types for SQL Server 2014 is required to run and is missing from the server hosting Internet Information Services (IIS) or your application.

Resolution

Install the following packages on the IIS server and then restart the system:

Download Microsoft ReportViewer runtime

Download Microsoft SQL CLR types for SQL Server 2014

Once restarted connect to Web service / Your app again and verify that the error has been resolved.

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Answer 2

Version 12 of the ReportViewer bits is referred to as Microsoft Report Viewer 2015 Runtime and can downloaded for installation from the following link:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45496

UPDATE:

The ReportViewer bits are also available as a NUGET package: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.ReportViewer.Runtime.Common/12.0.2402.15

Install-Package Microsoft.ReportViewer.Runtime.Common