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ConQuest is unable to export PDF files on Windows

Solution

ConQuest 2020.1 is unable to export search details in PDF format on Windows. Doing so will produce a python traceback ending with text similar to:

File "reportlab\lib\utils.py", line 75, in <module>
None
File "reportlab\lib\utils.py", line 73, in <module>
None
File "build\bdist.win32\egg\PIL\Image.py", line 53, in <module>
None
File "build\bdist.win32\egg\PIL\_imaging.py", line 7, in <module>
None
File "build\bdist.win32\egg\PIL\_imaging.py", line 6, in __bootstrap__
None
<type 'exceptions.ImportError'>: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

This issue has been resolved in CSDS 2020.2 and later versions. You can request new download links for the latest release of CSDS  from here and reinstall the software. This ensures that stray files from older versions of ConQuest are deleted.