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I am just learning CR for .net. I am using VS2010 Pro. CR ver 13. What am I doing wrong. I get the following errors 102 errors in all errors for every report I CREATE. the report runs fine in design mode. I get them when I Build the solution or when compiling.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(14) : warning BC40056: Namespace or type specified in the Imports 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine' doesn't contain any public member or cannot be found. Make sure the namespace or the type is defined and contains at least one public member. Make sure the imported element name doesn't use any aliases.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(15) : warning BC40056: Namespace or type specified in the Imports 'CrystalDecisions.ReportSource' doesn't contain any public member or cannot be found. Make sure the namespace or the type is defined and contains at least one public member. Make sure the imported element name doesn't use any aliases.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(16) : warning BC40056: Namespace or type specified in the Imports 'CrystalDecisions.Shared' doesn't contain any public member or cannot be found. Make sure the namespace or the type is defined and contains at least one public member. Make sure the imported element name doesn't use any aliases.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(28) : error BC30284: property 'ResourceName' cannot be declared 'Overrides' because it does not override a property in a base class.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(37) : error BC30284: property 'NewGenerator' cannot be declared 'Overrides' because it does not override a property in a base class.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(46) : error BC30284: property 'FullResourceName' cannot be declared 'Overrides' because it does not override a property in a base class.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(57) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.Section' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(59) : error BC30456: 'ReportDefinition' is not a member of 'My_CrystalReports_Project.E41_My_first_report'.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(65) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.Section' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(67) : error BC30456: 'ReportDefinition' is not a member of 'My_CrystalReports_Project.E41_My_first_report'.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(73) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.Section' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(75) : error BC30456: 'ReportDefinition' is not a member of 'My_CrystalReports_Project.E41_My_first_report'.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(81) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.Section' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(83) : error BC30456: 'ReportDefinition' is not a member of 'My_CrystalReports_Project.E41_My_first_report'.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(89) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.Section' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(91) : error BC30456: 'ReportDefinition' is not a member of 'My_CrystalReports_Project.E41_My_first_report'.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(97) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.Section' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(99) : error BC30456: 'ReportDefinition' is not a member of 'My_CrystalReports_Project.E41_My_first_report'.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(105) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.Section' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(107) : error BC30456: 'ReportDefinition' is not a member of 'My_CrystalReports_Project.E41_My_first_report'.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(112) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.Shared.ExportOptions' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(115) : error BC30002: Type 'ICachedReport' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(123) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.ICachedReport' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(134) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.ICachedReport' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(145) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.ICachedReport' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(147) : error BC30451: 'CachedReportConstants' is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(154) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(154) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.ICachedReport' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(156) : error BC30456: 'Site' is not a member of 'My_CrystalReports_Project.E41_My_first_report'.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(160) : error BC30002: Type 'RequestContext' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.1 My first report.vb(160) : error BC30002: Type 'CrystalDecisions.ReportSource.ICachedReport' is not defined.

C:\CR For VS Book\CrystalReports_Book\My_CrystalReports_Project\E4.3 Employee contact list.vb(14) : warning BC40056: Namespace or type specified in the Imports 'CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine' doesn't contain any public member or cannot be found. Make sure the namespace or the type is defined and contains at least one public member. Make sure the imported element name doesn't use any aliases.

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

Hi William

See if this blog will help:

There is also a number of sample apps available for download here:

Crystal Reports for .NET SDK Samples - Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) - SCN Wiki

The following Article is one of the best resources I've come across for working with CR in VS (Applies to all versions of CR and VS):

Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2005 Walkthro... | SCN

- Ludek

Senior Support Engineer AGS Product Support, Global Support Center Canada

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