Designer File Open: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

I am running 1.8.1 and when I try to open my designer file, I get the following error:


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Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:


[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
d6.a(String A_0) +890
Aspose.Excel.Excel.Open(String designerSpreadsheet) +110
VBA.DownloadEmployees.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in w:\vba\BankOnly\DownloadEmployees.aspx.vb:93
System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +67
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +35
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +731

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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.573; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.573


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Any ideas? This used to work but once I updated to 1.7.3 it stopped working and hasn’t worked since.

Thanks.

Ben

Hi,

Sorry for the bug. Please send me your designer file.

In 1.8, I made some major underline optimization. I will investigate if that introduce this bug.

Dear Ben,

Sorry for this bug. I have fixed it and please wait for several days for next hotfix.

Thanks for your patience.