Could not load file or assembly 'Telerik.Windows.Controls.Navigation'

Environment

Product	Progress® Telerik® Reporting
Report Viewers	WPF

Description

Telerik.Reporting.Wpf is build with Telerik UI for WPF assemblies for .NET 4.0. When referencing the Telerik UI for WPF assemblies build with .NET 4.5 an exception is thrown "Could not load file or assembly 'Telerik.Windows.Controls.Navigation, Version=2018.2.620.40". Note that the required version of the Telerik.Windows assemblies depends on the particular Reporting version and may change.

Solution

In order to use the Telerik UI for WPF assemblies build with .NET 4.5 you need to add binding redirects in the configuration file of the viewer's application. Here are the binding redirects needed to use the Telerik Reporting WPF Report Viewer with Telerik UI for WPF build with .NET 4.5 (2018.2.620.45 for the same assembly version). Just replace the versions with the assemblies version used in your application:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <runtime>
        <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
            <dependentAssembly>
                <assemblyIdentity name="Telerik.Windows.Controls"
                                publicKeyToken="5803cfa389c90ce7"
                                culture="neutral" />
                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="2018.2.620.40"
                            newVersion="2018.2.620.45"/>
            </dependentAssembly>
            <dependentAssembly>
                <assemblyIdentity name="Telerik.Windows.Controls.Navigation"
                                    publicKeyToken="5803cfa389c90ce7"
                                    culture="neutral" />
                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="2018.2.620.40"
                                newVersion="2018.2.620.45"/>
            </dependentAssembly>
            <dependentAssembly>
                <assemblyIdentity name="Telerik.Windows.Controls.Input"
                                    publicKeyToken="5803cfa389c90ce7"
                                    culture="neutral" />
                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="2018.2.620.40"
                                newVersion="2018.2.620.45"/>
            </dependentAssembly>
            <dependentAssembly>
                <assemblyIdentity name="Telerik.Windows.Data"
                                    publicKeyToken="5803cfa389c90ce7"
                                    culture="neutral" />
                <bindingRedirect oldVersion="2018.2.620.40"
                                newVersion="2018.2.620.45"/>
            </dependentAssembly>
        </assemblyBinding>
    </runtime>
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