Errors connecting to Oracle via Devart on new machine (urgent please help)

[inspectorDev]

Hello, I have an urgent issue. I have a new machine on which Devart dotConnect for Oracle and Oracle Client 11g is installed . Yet, when I ran my application, I got the following error:

"Can not obtain Oracle client information from registry. Make sure that Oracle Client Software is installed, or use Direct mode of connecting to server."

Source of error: Devart.Data.Oracle
Stack Trace: at Devart.Data.Oracle.OracleHomeCollection.a()
at Devart.Data.Oracle.OracleInternalConnection..ctor(b2 connectionOptions, OracleInternalConnection proxyConnection)
at Devart.Data.Oracle.aq.a(m A_0, Object A_1, DbConnectionBase A_2)
at Devart.Common.DbConnectionFactory.a(DbConnectionPool A_0, m A_1, DbConnectionBase A_2)
at Devart.Common.DbConnectionPool.a(DbConnectionBase A_0)
at Devart.Common.DbConnectionPool.GetObject(DbConnectionBase owningConnection)
at Devart.Common.DbConnectionFactory.b(DbConnectionBase A_0)
at Devart.Common.DbConnectionClosed.Open(DbConnectionBase outerConnection)
at Devart.Common.DbConnectionBase.Open()
at Devart.Data.Oracle.OracleConnection.Open()

Does anyone here have any insight into this? Here is my c# code that resulted in the error (note- I checked my tnsnames.ora file and it has the exact same entry as my local dev machine, which works):

connectionString = "data source=MyDevTNS;User ID=***;Password=******;persist security info=false;
using (OracleConnection connection = new OracleConnection(connectionString))
{
connection.Open();
}

[inspectorDev]

BY THE WAY, I solved the problem. In case anyone has this problem, I had to change the Platform Target in Visual Studio 2013 (in Project Properties > Build) to x64. The default is "AnyCPU" and that apparently compiled it to 32bit, and was the cause of the error.

I wish the error from devart was a little clearer (if it's possible for it to know what this problem was).

[Pinturiccio]

I had to change the Platform Target in Visual Studio 2013 (in Project Properties > Build) to x64. The default is "AnyCPU" and that apparently compiled it to 32bit, and was the cause of the error.

The bitness (x86 or x64) of your application and the bitness of your Oracle Client must be the same. We are glad to hear that you found a solution.

I wish the error from devart was a little clearer (if it's possible for it to know what this problem was).

Thank you for your feedback. We will extend the exception text and add mention that the bitness (x86 or x64) of the application and the bitness of Oracle Client must be the same.

[inspectorDev]

Great, I am glad to hear that.

[Pinturiccio]

We have improved the exception message in the OCI mode when Oracle Client is not found. We will post here when the corresponding build of dotConnect for Oracle is available for download.

[Pinturiccio]

New build of dotConnect for Oracle 8.5.602 is available for download!
It can be downloaded from http://www.devart.com/dotconnect/oracle/download.html (trial version) or from Registered Users' Area (for users with valid subscription only).
For more information, please refer to http://forums.devart.com/viewtopic.php?t=33273

[Andrei Lisin]

The default is "AnyCPU" and that apparently compiled it to 32bit

That's new feature of .net 4.5 target.