c# - The type initializer for 'Protexis.׋' threw an exception. Value cannot be null. Parameter name: path1 -

c# - The type initializer for 'Protexis.׋' threw an exception. Value cannot be null. Parameter name: path1 -

preliminary info: act! version: v16 premium host computer: windows 7 sp1 ide: vs 2013

issue: review error - "the type initializer 'protexis.׋' threw exception. value cannot null. parameter name: path1", upon trying log in deed .pad file.

details: seems when nail method - actfm.logon((path), user, pass);, code breaks , receive error.

attempts:

path, user , pass set in web.config , passed said variables. upon testing have verified beingness passed. when manually input actual values (directly method), problem persists. i have attempted this solution , variations of it. although i'm not exclusively sure if i've done correctly , wouldn't mind looking further i have attempted provided development deed db on test db

here stack trace:

system.reflection.targetinvocationexception unhandled user code hresult=-2146232828 message=exception has been thrown target of invocation. source=act.framework stacktrace: @ act.framework.actframework.faillogon(exception ex, tracecategory tcat, tracelevel tlevel) @ act.framework.actframework.logon(string username, string password, string databasetype, string databasehost, string databasename, boolean fireevents, boolean suppresstiercheck, boolean suppressschemacheck, boolean suppresslicensecheck, boolean allowtrialmodedeparture, logontrack tracklogon) @ act.framework.actframework.logon(string username, string password, string databasetype, string databasehost, string databasename, boolean fireevents, logontrack tracklogon) @ act.framework.actframework.logon(string username, string password, string databasetype, string databasehost, string databasename, logontrack tracklogon) @ act.framework.actframework.logon(string username, string password, string databasetype, string databasehost, string databasename) @ act.framework.actframework.logon(string xmlpadfile, string username, string password) @ acact.getcontacts() in c:\users\user\documents\cloud\company\projects\project\acact.cs:line 128 @ project._default.page_load(object sender, eventargs e) in c:\users\user\documents\cloud\company\projects\project\default.aspx.cs:line 16 @ system.web.ui.control.loadrecursive() @ system.web.ui.page.processrequestmain(boolean includestagesbeforeasyncpoint, boolean includestagesafterasyncpoint) innerexception: system.typeinitializationexception hresult=-2146233036 message=the type initializer 'protexis.׋' threw exception. source=act.shared.licprovider typename=protexis.׋ stacktrace: @ act.protexisprovider.protexisprovider.getmachinecode(string serialnumber) @ act.protexisprovider.protexisprovider.getserials(uint32& totalusers) @ act.protexisprovider.protexisprovider.getserialnumbers() @ act.protexisprovider.protexisprovider.get_serialnumbers() @ act.protexisprovider.protexisprovider..ctor() innerexception: system.argumentnullexception hresult=-2147467261 message=value cannot null. parameter name: path1 source=mscorlib paramname=path1 stacktrace: @ system.io.path.combine(string path1, string path2) @ protexis.׋..cctor() innerexception:

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