I'm trying to create a custom start page for a custom template using Visual Studio.
What am I trying to achieve?
When a user creates a new project using my custom template from VS menu I would like to show a page after the creation of that project in Visual Studio similar to the below-mentioned page.
Any help regarding this is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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 trying to edit my TFS 2010 build templates using the Visual Studio 2010 Workflow designer. I have this nice widescreen display, and the designer insists on displaying the activity blocks in itty bitty areas. How can I resize them so I can at least read the entire display descriptions?
EDIT: If this annoys you too, vote for this suggestion
The designer doesn't support resizing activities. You can collapse/expand them or zoom into the entire workflow but that is it.
Would be a nice future feature so I suggest adding it to connect as a feature request and if you post the link I will vote for it.
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 liked the grid points and the visible separation of the header/body/footer of the report on the design surface or vs2005.
I hate the vs2008 report designer which is just a blank canvas with no grid lines/points and separation of header/body/footer...
Grid lines are gone from VS 2008. The alignment indicators seem to have "replaced" the functionality.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/sqlreportingservices/thread/c2649ef7-048c-4243-92f6-600bd13d5baf
I use VS2008 and the report designer shows the grid points and the visible separation of the Header/Body/Footer.
Have you tried adjusting the report properties from the report menu? Make sure 'Draw Grid' is checked and that the grid spacing is 0.25cm. That's how mine is set up (by default).
"Draw Grid" isn't in the Report>Report Properties menu in VS 2008. It is in VS 2005 though.
I also can't display the grid in report desgner in VS 2008 - I've tried every combination of settings/ restarting the app to no avail. I'd also like the ruler to appear by default whenever I open a form but can't seem to find a setting for that either.