Couldn't get Design Time license for 'SoftwareFX.ChartFX.Chart' error in C# solution

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Donotalo picture Donotalo · Nov 5, 2009 · Viewed 7.1k times · Source

I'm trying to build a C# solution in Visual Studio 2008 written by other programmer. Visual Studio throws the following error:

Exception occurred creating type 'SoftwareFX.ChartFX.Chart, ChartFX, Version=6.2.1342.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a1878e2052c08dce' System.ComponentModel.LicenseException: Couldn't get Design Time license for 'SoftwareFX.ChartFX.Chart'

I've never used SoftwareFX or ChartFX. Actually I'm C/C++ developer, not C# developer but have to debug this project. How to resolve this issue?

Thanks in advance.

Answer

Donotalo picture Donotalo · Nov 6, 2009

I've found a way: making licenses.licx file a 0 byte file. After this the solution builds.

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