I have many reports in which header section is the same. I want to create a common template of Crystal Report in Visual Studio 2010 where I can put my common header and use this template in all other reports.
I know that I can create report template using template field object, but I cannot see this type of item in my Crystal Reports -> Insert menu.
So my question is: how is it possible to create Crystal Report Template In visual studio 2010?
Using Crystal Report you can create a Report Template as your requirement (Data Connection is not required, just objects can be added like logo, headers, footers, etc.,). After completing save as .rpt. Whenever u need to create a new report in this format, u can import this report using Template Expert.
Pls look at this Tutorial for more details.
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If you want to do this in visual studio,
I can suggest you to create a Format Report and save as .rpt
while you open a new report select From an Existing Report and browse the Format Report u made already. Hence the new report which your created will looks like your format report.
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I have just opened up a project that contains SSRs reports and yet I am unable to view them in Design Mode. When I click on them, only the XMLS appear and I am not sure how to resolve this in VS 2012 ?
In a version of Visual Studio that includes SQL Server Report Services, create a new Report Server Project.
In the new Report Server Project, right-click the project node in the Solution Explorer and choose "Add" > "Existing Item...". Then browse to and select the RDL file. Once it is in a Report Server Project, you can right-click the report and choose "View Designer" to see it in Design View. By default, it ought to open in Design View anyway.
If the file is not part of a Report Server Project, you'll only be able to view the XML text. Depending upon the Version of Visual Studio you may (or may not) get XML highlighting and intellisense.
Rename report as '.rdlc' it will open in design mode in Visual studio 2012
In Visual Studio 2015:
First make sure you have installed Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools, then rename your reports to .rdls, right click on reports > Open With > Report Designer
If you are not able to create / add Report Server Project download and install Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools - Business Intelligence for Visual Studio 2012 from the location here (if you VS is 2012). Then create an new report server Reproting server project project Report Server Project and do as "add Existing Item" as my RDL report which need to be opened and go for design view. Then it will open the report in design mode.
You are missing Report Template in visual studio
Got to Control Panel->Programs->Programs and Features.
Select you Visual Studio Version, right click and 'Change'.
The Visual Studio Setup splashscreen should appear, Click on Modify at the bottom left, and then under 'Windows and Web Development' select Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools. The Reporting option should then appear in your installed updates.
After installing Microsoft SQL Server Data Tools, you would need to install Report Viewer for Visual Studio 2017 (or which ever version you are using)... that worked for me from link below:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/SqlServer/en-US/99b217d0-63b2-48a7-bfe0-423e56963e21/rdlc-report-designer-in-visual-studio-community-2015?forum=visualstudiogeneral
You can force open it by Right click on RDL file and click on View Designer to see the RDL in design mode.
Once you have the needed extensions (Microsoft Reporting Services, Report Designer) installed and everything updated, what worked for me was to open the .rptproj project, and then open the needed .rdl.
I´m looking for a way to format the Description of WorkItems that are of type UserStory, Issue or Task, but the ToolBar for changing Font, FontSize, FontColor, that is available to format the Steps to Reproduce of Bugs isn´t available for those WorkItems.
I would like to know if its possible to enable the ToolBar for the Description.
I have tested this with the TFS-Plugin in Visual Studio 2010 and 2012. We are using TFS 2010.
This is not possible in TFS 2010 because the default description field is Plaintext not HTML. In TFS 2012 this field has been changed to HTML.
You "could" create a new Description field "MyCompany.DescriptionHtml" for example of the type HTML, but you would have to ensure that no-one (or any reports, etc) ever used System.Description for anything.
Also, you would need to migrate all existing descriptions to the new Field.
I am using the embedded Crystal Reports tool in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. How do you create a hyperlink? It will allow me to make an entire section (select section and click object properties) of text a hyperlink, but what if I want to just make one or two words of a text block a hyperlink?
Try this
Right click on your object -> Format Object -> Hyperlink tab
You cannot make a hyperlink of one or two words. Crystal Report only allows you to make hyperlink on objects.
When using Visual Studio to edit Reporting Services *.rdl files, the default designer used is from the "Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Designers" installed product.
When viewing the RDL code, this code is displayed as plain text and I want to take advantage of the XML Editor in visual studio.
Linking the *.rdl extension to the XML editor in Tools>Options>Text Editor>File Extension has the nasty side effect that while the rdl is now shown in the XML editor, the original report designer completely disappears.
Is there some other way to do this?
thanks
For any file you can click the arrow on the size of the open button in the open file dialog and select open with... From there you can select the XML editor. There are some other useful open with items in there as well.
You should be able to view and modify the XML by doing a view source on the RDL file. That way you'll still be able to use the designer when needed.
It would seem that the Report Designer for Visual Studio 2005 did not provide XML Editor support when you click "View Source"; where the 2008 version does.
While "solved", this is just a little inconvenient when you still need to develop RDL in 2005 compatibility mode.
I want to create the report in my application using the reportViewer control.
I have added the ReportViewer control to WindowsForm from the toolbox. From the smart tag I, I selected the option Design a New Report. When I click on the design a new report, I am getting a .rdlc report, but I want to design it using a Wizard. I am not getting the Wizard can anyone tell me how to get the wizard so that I can design the report in simple manner.
Please help me out in getting the wizard.
Thanks in advance!
As far as I know, there is no wizard for creating reports under Visual Studio 2005.
Sorry - your just going to have to cope with the WYSIWYG editor provided.