I want to update the crystal report for my visual studio.
I went to the link https://origin.softwaredownloads.sap.com/public/site/index.html , but it shows many packages. Which one we actually need for developer system? I understand that MSI is not needed on developer machine. But then there are runtime and one click files. Not sure which one I need. I am using VS 2022.
Is it possible to use the report designer in the current release of Visual Studio 2017?
The SAP crystal report wiki for visual studio integration only states: "RC build currently not supported - Tested opening existing app and it works".
I have installed the latest developer SDK (Support Pack 19 v.13.0.19.2312), but when I try to open an existing report (.rpt), i got the following message:
There is no editor available for 'C:...\Report.rpt'.
Make sure the application for the file type (.rpt) is installed.
EDIT (2018/02/28)
By the time of asking this question I had installed SP19 on my machine. The current version which should resolve all my issues is SP22, which was released at 2018/01/11. All necessary information and download links are still available in the SAP crystal report wiki.
EDIT (2019/03/20)
Thanks to #ANewGuyInTown: The current version is 13.0.24.
Visual Studio 2017 is supported in Crystal Reports SP 21, which is available for download as of 1 Sep 2017.
This error occurs because at the end of the installation of Crystal Reports SP21 for Visual Studio 2017, the following screen appears:
Do not check to install in runtime, this default to come marked to me is wrong. Install only Crystal Reports SP21 for Visual Studio 2017.
Please wait Support Pack 21 in September 2017
UPDATE:
More info
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Crystal+Reports%2C+Developer+for+Visual+Studio+Downloads
VS 2017 - Tested opening existing app and it works, CR for VS is not integrated into the app so no new CR projects available- should be fully integrated in SP 21
About release
Link: https://answers.sap.com/questions/168439/crystal-report-for-vs-2017.html
Moderator Don Williams said:
Not supported yet, I tried to get it into SP 20 but due to time constraints DEV can't get it into VS until SP 21, due out in September time...
I had a workaround for this problem. I created dll project with viewer in vs2015 and used this dll in vs2017. Report showing perfectly.
Starting with Visual Studio 2010, crystal reports is no longer installed with Visual Studio. It can be installed separately by downloading the install from SAP crystal reports website. SAP crystal reports provides two installations. The first is SAP Crystal Reports version for visual studio that is installed for working with crystal reports in visual studio. The other is SAP Crystal Reports runtime engine for .NET Framework that is installed when the application is deployed on server machine.
SAP Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2017 is now planned for Service Pack/Support Pack 21 (as of Apr 04'2017). The current available service/support pack is 19. Service/Support Pack 21 is expected to be released in September 2017.
You can use the MSI to install on the VS PC, it won't integrate into VS so you won't be able to design reports within the VS IDE but your app will compile. There will not be any Templates either so just add the CR Viewer to the Tool bar. Upgrading an exist VS app will simply work.
So in the meantime to edit rpt files you'll need the stand-alone Crystal Reports Designer until Support Pack 21 comes along.
Sources:
https://forums.asp.net/t/2110984.aspx?VS+2017+and+Crystal+Reports
https://answers.sap.com/questions/168439/crystal-report-for-vs-2017.html
To integrate SAP Crystal Reports with Visual Studio 2017 below steps needs to be followed right:
Uninstall all installed components from system related to Crystal Report. [If any]
Install compatible Crystal Report Developer Edition (as per target VS) with administrator priviledge. [As of writing, latest compatible service pack is 23]
Install appropriate Crystal Report Runtime (x86/ x64) for Visual Studio. [Not mandatory]
Open solution in VS and remove all assembly references from project related to Crystal Report. [If any]
Include following assembly references in project:
CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine
CrystalDecisions.ReportSource
CrystalDecisions.Shared
CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Design
CrystalDecisions.VSDesigner
Make sure "Copy Local" property is set to "True" in reference properties.
Build/ Rebuild project.
Crystal Reports SP 19 does not support Visual Studio 2017. According to SAP they are targeting Visual Studio 2017 compatibility in SP 20 which is tentatively scheduled for June 2017.
I post an answer because I can't comment but I followed #DrCJones steps. I installed the new Crystal Reports SP21 for Visual Studio 2017 with an older version running on my Windows 10. Installer warned me that it detected an older version and that it will overwrite it. Installation were through but I had the following message when I tried to open a project with reports in VS2017:
The Crystal Reports Tools Package did not load correctly
I couldn't edit reports either. So, I manually uninstalled CR Runtime Engine & CR for VS, then reinstalled SP21, finally rebooted.
Now it works :)
Extracted from official SAP site https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Crystal+Reports%2C+Developer+for+Visual+Studio+Downloads.
Item # 3 fixed my installation.
This applies for ANY Patch after SP 21
FlexNet and In-Place Upgrade does not work: Once user receive the update notification from FlexNet server and finish SP21 upgrade, the product will NOT work. User MUST repair CR4VS and CRRuntime64 in Control Panel\Programs. That’s a by design change to installer.
a. Please notice that we are still facing problems on configuring FlexNet upgrade server, so currently user will NOT receive SP21 notification
Microsoft Windows Update KB2999226 is a prerequisite for SP21.
a. This is same as BI 4.2 SP4 and BI 4.1 SP10. Please refer to SAP Note 2451830.
For VS2017 integration, user needs use “run as Administrator” by right-clicking setup.exe, even if you are already log on by using Administrator account
As most of CR/RAS .NET Assemblies are now re-versioned from 13.0.2000.0 to 13.0.3500.0, user MUST remove all old CR assemblies from Reference list and add the new version of CR assemblies, then rebuild the application.
a. For those customer/user who do not wanted to rebuilt their application, there’s workaround to use in app.config/web.config, please see attachment.
WinFormCRViewer.zip
For reports using the ADO.Net DB connection, in previous SP's, you could only work under .Net Framework 2.0/3.5, so using in app.config is required. Now in SP21, ADO.Net is only supported on .Net Framework 3.5 or above.
I had exactly the same problem with my VS 2013 solutions when I install VS 2017 and Crystal Reports SP21.
In fact it's because VS does not necessarily convert the solution in the first launch.
Once you have installed Crystal Report SP 21, make sure that VS 2017 upgrade your solution : a window must appear "SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual" with a radio button "Convert the solution".
Screenshot in french :
When I used the menu "File / Open / Project/Solution", the conversion was not done.
I have to do that :
Add VS 2017 on the tasks bar
Run VS 2017 and Open the solution with File menu
Try to build the project, errors appear with Crystal Reports
Close VS 2017
Right click on VS 2017 shortcur in then tasks bar and open the solution directly
The conversion run this time, you can open .rpt and the solution build without error.
I had the same problem and I solved by installing Service pack 22 and it fixed it.
So to sum up, this is what worked for me after upgrading my VB 2010 (CR18) to VB 2017:
Uninstall all runtimes AND CRforVS.
Reboot
Install CRforVS SP23 (no runtimes needed on developer machine).
Open project, remove old DLL references.
Add new references (DLL files that you need from C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP BusinessObjects\Crystal Reports for .NET Framework 4.0\Common\SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 4.0\win32_x86\dotnet)
Rebuild All.
Have fun.
As of 20/03/2019 -> There is a new version of Crystal report for Visual Studio.
The version is 13.0.24.
The provided version in the accepted answer is 13.0.21.
The newer version worked for me without having to do any workaround.
FYI: Taken from: https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Crystal+Reports%2C+Developer+for+Visual+Studio+Downloads
Overview
Support Packs for “SAP Crystal Reports, developer version for Microsoft Visual Studio” (SAP Crystal Reports for Visual Studio) are scheduled on a quarterly bases and support the following versions of Visual Studio:
VS 2010 – original release and higher
VS 2012 – SP 7 and higher
VS 2013 – SP 9 and higher
VS 2015RC – SP14
VS 2015 – SP 15 and higher
VS 2017 - SP 21 and higher
Download Crystal Reports developer, for Microsoft Visual Studio
I have downloaded VS 2015. I want to integrate SAP Crystal Reports in VS 2015 Enterprise Edition. I have also downloaded the MSI file of the latest SAP Crystal Report edition and installed it. However, I am not able to see the Crystal Report Viewer.
I had a very difficult time finding this particular download page and the appropriate download link on that page for Visual Studio 2015 (I also have Enterprise but I don't think that matters too much, if at all for this). The link is provided below, the download link is titled, "Support Pack 15 (v.13.0.15.1840)".
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-7824
So I did the following:
1.) I had to uninstall two Crystal Report applications that I had previously installed (one was an update for it I think).
2.) Then I shutdown VS2015.
3.) Then I ran the downloaded executable, it installed fine and I installed the 64 bit run-time feature for Crystal Reports.
4.) Then I made a mistake and tried opening VS2015 afterwards, it crashed repeatedly.
5.) After restarting the PC, I have no more errors and I now have the crystal reports icon in the Report's category when adding a new
item to my Web Application project. It also allows me to use the wizard.
Hope this helps!
You can download it from:
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-7824
Download "Crystal Reports", click in the link "Support Pack 16" ((#1 in the picture)) for developers.
Download the "Run time", clic in the link "MSI 32/64 Bit" ((#2 in the picture)) for the clients.
Finally, restart your PC.... open your visual studio 2015 again and you will see "Reporting" option for Crystal Reports when you add a new item.
Happy code!
You can download it from this link http://downloads.businessobjects.com/akdlm/cr4vs2010/CRforVS_13_0_18.exe
After installing, Open Visual Studio,
Create a folder for the reports
Right Click and Add new Item
Go to Reporting
You will see Crystal Report on the list. Select that and start designing.
I have inherited an SSRS solution that I can't seem to work with. I sat down with the previous owner briefly and he showed me where in TFS to find the solution. The also opened up a few of the RDL files and attempted to give me the gist of modifying a report. Every thing seemed straight forward to me during that session.
Now the original developer is gone and I now have access to the code in TFS. Whenever I try to open one of the RDL files, it opens it up as an XML document instead of opening it in the designer.
I have Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Management studio installed. Any thoughts on what I may be missing like service packs or hot fixes?
Re-run the SQL Server 2008 installer on your machine. You need to install the Business Intelligence Developer Studio component, or whatever it was called in '08.
If you don't have access to an installer, find the SQL Server Express with Advanced Services download (whatever year you need, just make sure it's the "Advanced Services" - here's 2008: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1842 ), and run that; it will also provide an option for BIDS.
Failed to load database information. Details: The database DLL crdb_ado.dll could not be loaded. Error in File (filename) Failed to load database information.
I am receiving this error when i try to run a crystal report from my page. on the server I have installed the CRRedist2008_x86 and the dll file is in the business objects folder, but for some reason it is still not loading. I also checked to make sure I have the msvcp60.dll which is also needed but still am unable to run the report.
The server is running Windows Server 2008, has Visual Studio 2005 installed on it (not sure if that makes any difference). The application ran fine on my local machine, but after uploading it to the server, it's not wanting to play nice.
Any suggestions/help is appreciated.
Thank You
You should get Dependency Walker and open the crdb_ado.dll to confirm all the required files are there. Although checking for msvcp60.dll is generally the right idea, I've found that people are often looking for the wrong version of those files OR that other required DLLs are also missing.
Also, be sure the redist you are using matches the version of Crystal Reports you have referenced in your project. There is a difference between using, say Crystal Reports 2008 on top of Visual Studio 2005,, versus using the BUNDLED Crystal Reports that comes with Visual Studio 2005 (Or 2008, or 2010 for that matter.).
In fact, sometimes people don't realize that their .NET projects are referencing the "comes with Visual Studio" edition of Crystal Reports because they happen to have Crystal Reports version <whatever> installed on their PC.
That said, if you are pretty confident your redist of CRRedist2008_x86 matches what you are using, I'd focus on Dependency Walker to see if it is indicating a missing required file for the crdb_ado.dll.