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Error message 'The server threw an exception ... Debug Assertion Failed!' due to invalid characters inside system

Troubleshooting


Problem

In Controller, user clicks on 'Reports - Run', select a report, parameters and click on preview. They receive an error. If they try to close this error, then another message appears.

Symptom

Initial Error
Microsoft Visual C++ Debug Library
Debug Assertion Failed!
Abort Retry Ignore

Press Abort:
Standard Error
Number: -2147417851
Source: VisualBasic
Description: The server threw an exception. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80010105(RPC_E_SERVERFAULT))

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Historical Number

1039201

Document Information

Modified date:
08 May 2025

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