Using the SAP runtime for Visual Studio, service packs 13 and 14, we have found that exception messages are returned with an invalid error:
The system cannot find the path specified.
This occurs no matter what the actual underlying error is and has caused us enormous amounts of time in trying to track down the actual error. This was working properly with SP 8 of the runtime.
To duplicate this problem, create a Crystal report that connects using Ole DB to a server. In code, pass an invalid server name to the report login method. Execute and you will get the error above.
When using SP 8 of the runtime, the correct error message was returned regarding data connectivity.
Please advise as to a workaround or a fix as this is causing a tremendous amount of wasted time.