CR issue when Migrating from VS2010/CR2008 TO VS2012/CR2013 SP01

[former_member613394]

Hi Ludek,

Recently we are task to migrate our applications using Visual Studio 2008/2010 - Crystal Reports 2008 to VS 2012 - Crystal Report 2013 Version 14.1.1.1036.

During the conversion process I attempted to recompile my VB.NET application and its Crystal Report, Im unable to reference and locate the following Crystal Reports objects into my application :

- CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Design

- CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine

- CrystalDecisions.ReportsSource

- CrystalDecisions.Shared

Would appreciate if you could point what I'm missing and advise how I could resolve this issue.

Thank you so much.

Cheers,

Tan

[former_member188030 · Accepted solution]

Hi Tan,

Unlike CR 2008, CR 2013 does not install .NET SDK (Assemblies).

And here is where it gets a little complex. See below article, facts are the exact same for CR 2011 and CR 2013.

http://scn.sap.com/community/crystal-reports-for-visual-studio/blog/2013/06/28/how-do-you-spell-conf...

So, the solution is to keep designing your report with CR 2013 but use CR for VS 2012 SDK (13.0) to develop your application.

Thanks,

Bhushan