For a project, I've created a web-part which derives from the ChartWebPart class (in order to set the data-source relatively). ***SP:*** > SharePoint Server 2010 (Enterprise) ***cs-file:*** using System; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Web; using System.Web.UI; using System.Web.UI.DataVisualization.Charting; using System.Web.UI.WebControls; using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts; using Microsoft.Office.Server.WebControls; using Microsoft.SharePoint; using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls; namespace Cbs.PP.ProjectCosts.WebParts.ProjectExpensesChartWebPart { [Serializable()] [ToolboxItemAttribute(false)] public class ProjectExpensesChartWebPart : ChartWebPart { public ProjectExpensesChartWebPart() { } protected override void CreateChildControls() { base.CreateChildControls(); } } } ***Elements.xml:*** <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" > <Module Name="ProjectExpensesChartWebPart" List="113" Url="_catalogs/wp"> <File Path="ProjectExpensesChartWebPart\ProjectExpensesChartWebPart.webpart" Url="ProjectExpensesChartWebPart.webpart" Type="GhostableInLibrary"> <Property Name="Group" Value="CBS" /> </File> </Module> </Elements> Deploying the web-part and adding it to a site is no problem, but when I try to configure the webpart, it throws an exeption: > **Type:** SerializationException > **Message:** The constructor which is needed for the deserialization of an object of the type "[...].ProjectExpensesChartWebPart" couldn't be found.* *note: translation, since I have the german version of SP installed. Original: "Der für die Deserialisierung eines Objekts mit dem Typ "[...].ProjectExpensesChartWebPart" erforderliche Konstruktor wurde nicht gefunden." I hope that someone has a clue, what's wrong here, or can at least point me in the right direction. also, the ***Stacktrace:*** > bei System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.CompleteISerializableObject(Object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context) bei System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.FixupSpecialObject(ObjectHolder holder) bei System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.DoFixups() bei System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.Deserialize(HeaderHandler handler, __BinaryParser serParser, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage) bei System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream, HeaderHandler handler, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage) bei System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream) bei Microsoft.Office.Server.Internal.Charting.Utilities.ChartAdminPageBase.get_currentWorkingSet() bei Microsoft.Office.Server.Internal.Charting.Utilities.ChartAdminPageBase.FetchFromCurrentWorkingSet(String key) bei Microsoft.Office.Server.Internal.Charting.UI.WizardConnectToDataPage.LoadModel() bei Microsoft.Office.Server.Internal.Charting.UI.WizardConnectToDataPage.OnLoad(EventArgs e) bei System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() bei System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)