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Dick Walker · Guest

I am trying to deploy an app to a customers computer. The app won't start,
it has an exception message and then closes when we click OK. The splash
screen never shows. I have deployed cordbg and files and then when the user
presses 'cancel' on the exception we can get trace.

The contents are:
_typeName='HireSolutions.Units.HireSolutions'
_message=The type initializer for 'HireSolutions.Units.HireSolutions' threw
an exception
_innerException=System.TypeInitializationException

I have tried installing the app on a clean install of Windows 2000, my
development PC is XP Pro SP2, the client is running XP Pro SP2. The install
was performed by InstallShield, the .NET Framework v1.1. is installed,
because another utility app deployed by the install runs.

The application is called "HireSolutions.exe". It is a Delphi2005 WinForms
application. All the required .DLL files are being deployed (copying into
the target folder). This exact same CD and install was used successfully on
my clean test PC.

My guesses are that it is:
1/ a security issue (not running XP firewall, and closed Nortons down)
2/ missing a .dll (they are all on the test PC)
3/ the framework didn't install correctly (unlikely as the utility app
runs)

Any ideas?

cheers, Dick