In Visual Studio 2015, I cannot find the designer for RDLC reports anymore. Does anyone know if this is only a bug and if it is provided later on or if Microsoft wants to kill the RDLC or if they want us to use an external designer and when, which designer this is?
Update
For developpers searching for the RDLC Report Designer in Visual Studio 2017,
it must be now downloaded from the Visual Studio Marketplace
Visual Studio 2017 and newer
The RDLC Report Designer can be found on the Visual Studio Marketplace:
for Visual Studio 2022
for Visual Studio 2017 - 2019
Besides that, the ReportViewer Control, which is the runtime requirement for showing reports in ASP.NET or Windows Forms Applications, is now available through NuGet. See here for details.
Visual Studio 2015
The Report Designer is part of the Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools.
You can add it using the Visual Studio setup (Programs and Features > Visual Studio 2015 > Change)
In VS 2017, i have checked SQL Server Data Tools during the installation and it doesn't help. So I have downloaded and installed Microsoft.RdlcDesigner.vsix
Now it works.
UPDATE
Another way is to use Extensions and Updates.
Go to Tools > Extensions and Updates choose Online then search for Microsoft Rdlc Report Designer for Visual studio and click Download. It need to close VS to start installation. After installation you will be able to use rdlc designer.
Hope this helps!
Open Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features
Select the entry for your version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2015. In our case, it was Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2015.
Click the "Change" button on the top bar above the program list.
After the splash screen, a window will open.
Press the "Modify" button.
Select Windows and Web Development > Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools, and check the box next to it.
Press the "Update" button on the lower-right hand side of the window.
Once the installation is complete, open your version of Visual Studio. After the new .dll files are loaded, Reporting functionality should be reimplemented, and you should be able to access all related forms, controls, and objects.
Visual Studio 2017
Open Visual Studio
In Tools -> Extensions and Updates -> Online
Search for 'rdlc'
Install Microsoft Rdlc Report Designer (23.3 MB)
Close Visual Studio, let the installer run and open Visual Studio to see the rdlc in the designer.
I had the same problem, after install the MS VS Community 2015, I didn't find the RDLC files neither the Report Viewer component, I solve the problem by going in the Control Panel (Windows) -> Programs -> Try to uninstall the MS VS Community and choose MODIFY, in this moment you will be able to Check the Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools.
That is it!
In addition to previous answers, here is a link to the latest SQL Server Data Tools. Note that the download link for Visual Studio 2015 is broken. ISO is available from here, links at the bottom of the page:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt204009.aspx
MSDN Subscriber Downloads do not list the VS 2015 compatible version at the time of writing.
However, even with the latest tools (February 2015), I can't open previous version of .rptproj files.
I've had the same problem as you and I installed Microsoft rdlc designer to solve my problem.
And if you already installed this but still can't found rdlc designer try open visual studio > tools > Extension and Updates > then enable Miscrosoft Rdlc designer extensions.
If you did a custom installation you need to add Microsoft Sql Server Data Tools. After that you can add Reportviwer to your webform.
To solve this problem open nutget package manager console and select your project and type install-package microsoft.report.viewer and wait to install
The setup feature does not work on Visual Studio 2017 and later versions.
The extension needs to be downloaded from VS Marketplace and then installed -
Link
The same applies to other extensions such as Installer Projects (used for creating executable files) - Link
Below Different tools for Editing Rdlc report:
ReportBuilder 3.0 : Microsoft Editor for Rdlc report.
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Express with Advanced Services: Another tool is to use Sql Server Business intelligence for reporting that can be installed with Sql Server Express with Advanced Sevices.
fyiReporting: It is opensource tool presented for editing Rdlc reports .
This trouble passed me. If you can't repair this trouble, perhaps can you review all Framework versions that you have in your system. For example, if you have ReportViewer for Framework 4.5 and your project is assembly in Framework 2 or another Framework minor at 4.5. The differents versions Framework sometime have problems.
Use Extensions and Updates.
Go to Tools > Extensions and Updates > choose Online then search for Microsoft Rdlc Report Designer for Visual studio and click Download.
It needs to close your VS to start installation.
After installation you will be able to use RDLC designer.
Related
I am using Visual Studio Community 2015 to create Universal Windows App.
I am facing following problems-
1. No designer view.
2. No controls in toolbox.
3. Property window don't show any properties of control.
4. No phone emulators are shown after installing EmulatorSetup.exe
Visual Studio Installed Components are as follows
Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015
Version 14.0.24720.00 Update 1
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.6.01055
Installed Version: Community
Visual Basic 2015 00322-20000-00000-AA136
Visual C# 2015 00322-20000-00000-AA136
Visual C++ 2015 00322-20000-00000-AA136
Application Insights Tools for Visual Studio Package 4.2.60128.3
ASP.NET and Web Tools 2015.1 (Beta8) 14.1.11106.0
ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2012.2 4.1.41102.0
ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools 2013 5.2.30624.0
Common Azure Tools 1.5
JetBrains ReSharper Ultimate 10.0.2 Build 104.0.20151218.120627
JSLint.NET for Visual Studio 2.2.0
Microsoft Azure Mobile Services Tools 1.4
NuGet Package Manager 3.3.0
PreEmptive Analytics Visualizer 1.2
SQL Server Data Tools 14.0.50616.0
TypeScript 1.7.6.0
Visual Studio Tools for Universal Windows Apps 14.0.24720.00
Web Essentials 2015.1 1.0.209
I have had the same problem and the only way I have got the designer to work is (and this should work if build 10240 is acceptable for your development):
Open your project
Go under "Project" to "Properties"
Select "Application" on the left and change BOTH the target version and the min version to "Windows 10 (10.0; Build 10240)
Once you do that the XAML designer will start working again. I've had to do this on 4 different workstations and it's worked everytime.
As to why build 10568 doesn't work? Got me, agile development, will be fixed in a patch? :p
I had the same problem and could not change BOTH versions to Build 10240 as the Application listbox only showed 10586 in Properties/Application. I thought I could arrange that by editing the .csproj file, which is XML after all, but any change there makes all files in the Solution Explorer immediately unavailable. Then I noticed (running Winver.exe) that my W10 still shows build 10240 despite regularly (but not automatically) running Windows updates. Despite multiple solutions tried, this didn't change. I finally used the MediaCreation Tool to download a new Windows 10 on a USB stick and reinstalled Windows 10, preserving apps and data. And now I am really on 10586 ...and the Design mode shows again when I open my project.
I hope this helps a few!
If you are looking for the SSIS toolbox, click SSIS tab, then SSIS Toolbox.
I would like to upgrade a project which uses RDLC to create reports. The solution uses Report Viewer 2010SP1.
I installed successfully the report viewer 2012 runtime, however the component does not appear in the add references windows of visual studio.
I also checked the NuGet-Packages and there I found a “Report Viewer”-package 11, but while installing this version, only the web-component but not the WinForms-component has been installed.
On the web I have seen some workarounds changing the registry, but is it really necessary to manually change the registry to have this done?
One way, probably not the best, is selecting the component directly with the "browse"-option.
In the “Add Reference” dialog, browse to “\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\ReportViewer” and select there the component "Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms.dll"
Visual Studio 2012 Premium crashes when I use the Solution Configuration Manager (or drop down on tool bar) to switch from Debug solution config to Release. As soon as I make the selection to the Release config, I get a dialog with a progress bar stating it is looking for a solution to the problem and after a few seconds that dialog closes VS closes and another dialog opens that states it is restarting Visual Studio. I get this same behavior if I try to create a new configuration from within the Solution Configuration Manager; i.e., as soon as I save the new config VS crashes. During the crash I'm not given the option in the dialogs to get detailed info for the crash.
This did not happen with the same code in VS2010 and Win7.
My work-around is to modify the Debug config to be what I need for Release, and then put it back to what I need for Debug.
VS 2012 was installed on a clean (not an update) install of Windows 8. I've installed all the latest updates for both Win8 and VS. Here is the Visual Studio boiler-plate info:
Microsoft Visual Studio Premium 2012
Version 11.0.50727.1 RTMREL
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.5.50709
Installed Version: Premium
LightSwitch for Visual Studio 2012, Team Explorer for Visual Studio 2012, Visual Basic 2012, Visual C# 2012, Visual C++ 2012, Visual F# 2012, Visual Studio 2012 Code Analysis Spell Checker, NuGet Package Manager 2.0.30717.9005, PreEmptive Analytics Visualizer 1.0, SQL Server Data Tools 11.1.20627.00, Web Developer Tools 1.0.30710.0
I have no money to buy Visual Studio so I use the express edition
I want to use Microsoft ReportViewer
Is it legal to use ReportViewer without buying VS and how?
i had some luck installing the Microsoft Report Viewer 2010 Redistributable Package (from above) and then:
going to the form designer
right clicking on the toolbox and clicking add items
browsing for the DLL (which is located at C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms\10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms.dll
report viewer should then be available from the toolbox
There is a Microsoft Report Viewer 2010 Redistributable Package
I'm unsure whether this means you can use it in visual studio, nor am I certain about the licensing.
I haven't used express edition for a little while. I'm guessing the control is in the download, you could try adding one of the dll's as a control.
I believe that you can use Reporting Services in SQL Server Express (which is free), which might indicate the validity of using ReportViewer in vs express.
i have created web site in Web Developer Express. Now i am going to add some reports to project. so i am using Report Viewer web control. You know that it is not in toolbox by default. i added it to tollbox and add it to form when i run it show report. but on design mode ut gives error Failed To Create designer 'Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.ReportViewer, Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms, Version =9.0.0.0, culture=neutral, PublicKeyToke=....'
According to this, the ReportViewer has been discontinued in Express, starting with 2010.
As a work-around, Microsoft recommends using BIDS 2008 (Business Intelligence Development Studio) for the report designer and the ReportViewer.exe redist for the run time.
Good luck!