When you need to design a layout for a report, using VSCode, when creating an extension, as you might already know, you have the choice between using Report Builder and Visual Studio. And you can use both of them at the same time, which enables you to combine the advantages of both environments when designing RDLC report layouts.
Normally, Report Builder will already be installed after you install Business Central On Premises. If you are using the cloud version, then of course you might need to download and install it manually.
Thank you, Steven, for these complete instructions on getting RDLC files to open in Visual Studio 2017. I spent many hours doing it wrong, until I read your blog. The key for me was downloading and installing the Microsoft RDLC Report Designer for Visual Studio (vsix installer).
How do I compile the rdlc in visual studio? (not visual studio code)
In the past we could build the rdlc inside visual studio in order to detect any issues, e.g. referring to a field that does not exist in the dataset. This functionality seems to be missing in .AL programming. Please advise what is needed to be able to build the rdlc inside visual studio
I went to and downloaded CR for Visual Studio SP31 install package. I installed it by right clicking and selecting Run as Administrator. The title of the installer is SAP Crystal Reports, version for Microsoft Visual Studio Setup so I know I have the correct installer. It completed without any errors.
I opened visual studio and created a new .net 4.7 windows forms application and crystal reports didn't show up in my toolbox. I restarted my computer and reopened that application in visual studio and it still didn't show up in my toolbox. I right clicked the toolbox and selected Choose Items. In that popup there were no entries with Crystal in the name. How can I get Crystal to show up in visual studio 2022.
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That's what Don is saying - sort of. You'll have to manually add the Crystal references to your project. However, because the components aren't integrated with VS 2022, I'm not sure whether the viewer component is available for viewing reports if you do it this way. You'll definitely be able to interact with your reports in code to do things like export and print, though.
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Another designer that allows end-users to create ad hoc reports in all major browsers is WebDesigner, available for the ASP.NET Core MVC application. The rich API enables UI customization based on the functionality you want the users to experience.
Developers may be report authors, who can in addition use the Visual Studio Integrated Designer to create report layouts in Visual Studio and edit them at design time, visually and through code, script, or expressions, and prepare applications based on the Win or Web samples; for example, see the FlatEndUserDesigner sample.
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