develop RS2000 report through V Studio.NET 2005

[Eric Wang]

Hi all, is it possible to create RS2000 format reports through Visual Studio
.NET 2005? I am going to purchase Visual Studio .NET for developing RS2000
reports as my ERP system only supports SQL server 2000.

[Bruce L-C [MVP]]

No. If you need to develop RS 2000 reports then you need some version of VS
2003 (VB.Net 2003 is the cheapest option). DO NOT buy VS 2005. That will not
work with rhe RS 2000 report designer. RS 2005 comes with its own version of
VS and not purchase of VS is needed.

Also, note that RS 2005 can be installed using SQL Server 2000. However, as
I mentioned, RS 2005 only creates 2005 reports, not 2000 reports.

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Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services

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[Eric Wang]

Bruce, thank you for your reply.

My problem is, I will not purchase SQL 2005 until my ERP system is going to
support SQL 2005. But I do not want to purchase Studio .NET 2003 because I
need to use Studio .NET 2005 in near future.

Can I buy Studio .NET 2003 now and upgrade to .NET 2005 for free in near
future, say half year?

Any suggestion?

[Bruce L-C [MVP]]

You do not need to buy anything expensive for the VS 2003 requirement. Just
get VB.Net 2003 ($100).

I don't know about upgrades.

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Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services

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