Could not load type “. error in DotNet object

As often a solution to a strange error is so simple when you know it.  When I copied my add-ins to a  new computer I was not able compile the objects that included DotNet add-ins.

CouldNotLoadType

As this happened when I was installing NAV 2013 R2 for the first time my first thought was that this was something that had changed between versions and I sent a support request to Microsoft.

Mohamad Vajid and Duilio Tacconi took the case and tried to reproduce the problem without success.  Yesterday we took a look at the problem together and the solution came to our attention.

The Add-in was copied from a web site and because of that the file was blocked by the server operating system.

UnblockDLL

Then today as I was creating a new website with files that I downloaded from the web I had the same problem.  That will be the last time.

After you unblock the file, recheck to see if that worked.  If the file is in a protected folder you might need to drag it to your desktop to unblock it and back again.

Thank you Mohamad and Duilio for the assistance.

10 Replies to “Could not load type “. error in DotNet object”

  1. I reported exactly this problem back in june to microsoft and I got the solution after a few weeks. It should be a known issue.

  2. Thanks Gunnar.
    Being a dotnet lightweight. I wondered what I was doing wrong, then found your solution.

    Davmac1

      1. Hi Gunnar,
        Sorry any idea what is the solution please, I am getting similar error.

        “Could Not load type “.
        Thanks

  3. Hi, I’m having the same error message occur with NAV 2015 and an add-in I’ve created. I have been developing an add-in and so far, all was working well. Now, for some reason, the error message appears. There is no option to unblock.

    Any ideas?

    TIA

    Chris

  4. Hi,

    Thanks for the reply. It is using the UI Framework from the 2015 DVD. The add-in was working fine in 2015 but it is constantly under development at the moment and for some reason just stopped working in NAV. I am going to try the latest CU of 2015 and see if that makes a difference but I am not hopeful.

    Cheers

    Chris

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