>>>I am getting this message when I attempt to run a report in my WinForms app:
>>>
>>>

>>>The type initializer for 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument' threw an exception
>>>

>>>
>>>I have spent the last week Googling & researching this. I have tried many different things, and I'm still getting it. It doesn't occur on
>>>my development machine, only on my test box.
>>>
>>>I know there's not much here to go on, but I'm really stuck and I have to deliver this soon.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>
>>Are all the right support libraries installed on your test machine? It's probably something as simple as that.
>
>As far as I can tell - yes. Of course, there seems to be a real lack of definitive, all inclusive help/directives on deploying CR.

As Mike suggests the problem is certainly caused by an incomplete installation of the Crystal components. How did you install them / what did you install ?

Here's the overview : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa287928(VS.71).aspx
And here's one option : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms225293.aspx

Update: looks like that first link won't work unless you cut/paste.....