Migrating from VS 2005, how hard is it?

[Former Member]

Hello, I have some applications that were made with visual studio 2005 and use extensively CR reports forms.

First question:

What does it means that VS 2013 is not supported?

     - The aplications will not compile?

     - I can't create new forms?

     - will I have have to use VS 2012 until 2013 is supported?

Second question:

    Will I need to do many changes in each report or CR 2010 for VS Studio is backwards compatible?

Regards

Gerardo Huerta

[former_member188030 · Accepted solution]

Hi Gerardo,

Currently VS 2013 is not supported with CR, which means CR is not tested with VS 2013 yet and we dont know what kind of issues might occur. Possibly..

- CR wont integrate with VS2013 IDE so you wont get a bundled CR designer.

- Even if the app is developed, VS 2013 may not recognize CR references.

- Application might not compile.

- Reports might not work at all.

Howeever SP9 for CR develoepr version for MS VS is due to be released in a months time (probably) which will support VS 2013. Yes, you will have to use VS 2010 or VS 2012 till SP9 comes out.

Will I need to do many changes in each report or CR 2010 for VS Studio is backwards compatible?

Changed needed to do the physical .rpt files depend on the CR version you are migrating from (version you are currently using). You may have to manually oen the reports in new CR designer and refresh them to check if they work as expected with the new version.

For the .NET app, you just need to open the project in new VS, remove the older CR references, add new (13.0) CR references and compile the application.

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[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Thanks Bhushan, you helped a lot.

Gerardo