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Using crystal report viewer control visual studio 2008

Asked by: v4seasons

I added the crystal reports viewer control to my form.  I am going to bind the crystal report to the viewer in my code.  However it is my understanding that I need to use the imports crystaldecisions namespaces.  These do not seem to be available.  Has there been a change in VS 2008?  Is there another way to display the code without using the crystaldecisions namespaces?  Please advise.

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2009-04-16 at 17:50:51ID24330396
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Answers

 

by: mlmccPosted on 2009-04-16 at 21:02:16ID: 24164821

Are you using the Crystal form VS?

mlmcc

 

by: v4seasonsPosted on 2009-04-16 at 21:07:51ID: 24164844

Yes.  I am using the crystal report viewer that is installed when using Visual Studio 2008 professional.

 

by: jpaulinoPosted on 2009-04-17 at 01:49:20ID: 24165831

Did you already added an Crystal Report to your application ? If you try that, and if it's available/installed, it will update the crystal reports installation and the namespace will be available then.

 

by: v4seasonsPosted on 2009-04-17 at 03:39:16ID: 24166349

When I restarted my computer and added the crystal report viewer control to my form I can now see the outline of the crystal report viewer on my form.  I did not see this before.  Where on this control can I add my specific crystal report?  I do not see the option to choose the path where my crystal report is located in the crystal report viewer control properties.

 

by: jpaulinoPosted on 2009-04-17 at 04:36:17ID: 24166635

 

by: v4seasonsPosted on 2009-04-17 at 04:42:27ID: 24166683

Yes I have seen these articles and walkthrough when I was researching my issue.  My problem is I do not have the crystaldecisions namespaces available in my project.  When I try the imports crystaldecisions.shared, crystaldescisions.reportsource.engine they are not available in my project.  How do I add these to my project?  Even on the crystal report viewer control on my form when I check the properties the reportsource is greyed out.

 

by: jpaulinoPosted on 2009-04-17 at 04:47:35ID: 24166726

Have you tried to create a new crystal report ?

 

by: v4seasonsPosted on 2009-04-17 at 04:49:43ID: 24166744

Create a new report where?  Within crystal reports XI?

 

by: jpaulinoPosted on 2009-04-17 at 04:52:09ID: 24166759

In the solution explorer add a new item. Then choose Crystal Report item.

 

by: v4seasonsPosted on 2009-04-17 at 04:54:55ID: 24166781

I do not have crystal report as an option for the visual studio installed templates.  Where can I find it?

 

by: jpaulinoPosted on 2009-04-17 at 05:00:03ID: 24166822

What version of Visual Studio do you have ?

 

by: v4seasonsPosted on 2009-04-17 at 05:01:16ID: 24166828

Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition

 

by: v4seasonsPosted on 2009-04-17 at 05:57:48ID: 24167237

Do I need to add the crystaldecisions.dll references to my project?

 

by: jpaulinoPosted on 2009-04-17 at 07:01:05ID: 24167841

Check if you have in the Reporting node

 

by: v4seasonsPosted on 2009-04-17 at 07:04:41ID: 24167874

No I do not have that.  I just have the report and report wizard nodes.

 

by: jpaulinoPosted on 2009-04-17 at 07:09:11ID: 24167918

I also have Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition and maybe you didn't install it all. It's a winform application ?

 

by: v4seasonsPosted on 2009-04-17 at 07:11:07ID: 24167945

I thought about that.  When I put my visual studio cd in I went add / modify program.  Every component is checked for installation.  I am not sure how it would not have been installed.  Is the crystal report template something I can download from somewhere and place in a specific directory?

 

by: jpaulinoPosted on 2009-04-17 at 07:32:50ID: 24168176

In the installed applications do you have "crystal reports basic for visual studio 2008" ?

 

by: v4seasonsPosted on 2009-04-17 at 07:34:30ID: 24168194

No I do not have this under the installed products.  Where can I find this application?

 

by: v4seasonsPosted on 2009-04-17 at 17:19:21ID: 24172885

I did a repair installation of my visual studio 2008 Professional and it added the crystal report template and I am now able to display the crystal report.  Thanks.

 

by: v4seasonsPosted on 2009-04-17 at 17:20:27ID: 31571273

Did a repair installation of VS 2008 Professional.  It added the missing components.

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