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That fixed it for me. Thanks!

Just checked, and under v1.5.3, IonicZipDll.dll is in the Combat Manager folder. I forgot to check if the file is there under v1.5.4. Also, obviously if IonicZipDll.dll is missing in 1.5.4, the test is to copy it from 1.5.3. If someone else doesn't do that first, I'll try that later, but can't try it right now. As far as I can tell, IonicZipDll.dll is part of the DotNetZip Library from CodePlex. So hopefully whatever is wrong is a simple oversight like a missing #define, or the file itself just missing from the installer. Ha, but it's software. It's probably some rare issue that only affects 0.1% of the users and I'm just one of the unlucky ones. :-)

I installed over 1.5.3 first. Didn't work. I uninstalled (but did not delete any config files under apps/roaming/Combat Manager) and re-installed 1.5.4. Same result. Uninstalled 1.5.4, and re-installed 1.5.3. Hero Lab import now working.

Regarding opening Hero Lab files causing a crash - I have 100% failure on this even after uninstalling and re-installing v1.5.4. It worked in 1.5.3. It may be an installation issue, or the unZIP DLL is missing from v1.5.4. Here is the error from the error log:

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'IonicZipDll, Version=2.5.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Since Hero Lab .POR files are in fact .ZIP files, Combat Manager is probably calling an unzip routine to access them. The error implies that v1.5.4 cannot find the .DLL that contains the unzip routines. I went back to v1.5.3 and HL import is working again.

I just found Combat Manager last night. Excellent work! In a world of less than ideal RPG software, Combat Manager is a true standout. Thanks!