Crystal Reports 2008 - can't use in Visual Studio 2008 as embedded resource

[Former Member]

I currently have Crystal Reports 2008 installed - plus sp1 and sp2, and Visual Studio 2008 (without CR Basic).

I am unable to create a report in CR 2008 and then add it to my Visual Studio project as an embedded resource. There is no custom tool in the custom tool property.

Any advice would be appreciated

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Do I have the correct service packs? My VS 2008 does not see the CR 2008 files in project references anymore. should they be there?

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

They should be. Are the assemblies in GAC? Can you add them manually?

Re. VS designer.

Search windows\assembly for CrystalDecisions.VSDesigner and make sure it is there.

Try pasting the following into the custom tool textbox: CrystalDecisions.VSDesigner.CodeGen.ReportCodeGenerator and see if that works.

Ludek

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I did and have already tried pasting the VSDesigner reportcodegenerator in the custom tool box. It says it can't find it on my system.

I do not have a VSDesigner dll for Crystal Reports 2008. I checked in

C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0\managed\dotnet2\en

and C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0\managed\dotnet2

I searched for this on my pc and I see vsdesigner.resources.dll and vsdesigner.mobile.resources.dll in C:\Program Files\Business Objects\Common\4.0\managed\dotnet2\en. That is all. Nor is it in the GAC

I have also downloaded the Visual Studio Integration Manager and that did not seem to help. I am going to uninstall it and crystal 2008 and start over.

Do I have the correct service packs that I asked about previously?

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

CrystalDecisions.VSDesigner.dll should be in c:\program files\business objects\common\4.0\managed\dotnet2

The SPs are correct, though you should not need any SP to get the CrystalDecisions.VSDesigner.dll. It installs with any version of CR as long as the framework is also installed.

Ludek

[former_member183750]

Is this a web app? If so, then that is by design. Reports can only be added to WIN apps as embedded resource.

You used to be able to do this in .NET 2003, but not in later versions of .NET.

Ludek

[Former Member]

This is a windows application.

What tool should we be seeing in the custom tool property? It's blank for me.

[former_member183750]

Sounds like CR is not properly integrated into .NET. Was .NET installed after or before Crystal Reports? What SKU of .NET (Pro, etc.) are you using?

Ludek

[Former Member]

CRYSTAL REPORTS 2008

Version 12.2.0.290

Product Type: Full

[former_member183750]

Umm, note the question was not about CR, it was:

Was .NET installed after or before Crystal Reports? What SKU of .NET (Pro, etc.) are you using?

Ludek

[Former Member]

Sorry! Long day!

We are using Visual Studio 2008 - Professional Edition.

I can't remember which was installed first, Crystal or VS. I did it quite a while ago. What order should it be done in?

My coworker has the same problem and uninstalled Crystal Reports 2008 and re-installed it to no avail.

[Former Member]

fyi, we are targeting the 3.5 framework

[former_member183750]

No problem. I figured it was the end log a long day

You want to install .NET 1st, then CR so it can install it's "hooks" into .NET. Unfortunately at this time, It may be a good idea to do a complete uninstall of CR, including the SPs. E.g.; I'm not sure what the orginal version of CR was (CR 2008, no SP, with SP 0, with SP 1, etc.). So, go to the Control Panel and you should be able to see the SPs there. Uninstall those 1st, then uninstall CR, then reinstall.

BTW., CR 2008, no SP is version 12.0.0.549.

CR with SP 1 is 12.1.0.892

CR with SP 2 is 12.2.0.290

E.g. once you have reinstalled CR, check the version (Help | About) and if it is 12.1.0.892 you do not have to install SP 1.

Ludek

[Former Member]

Should we re-install the Crystal Reports Basic 2008 that comes with Visual Studio 2008? We were under the impression that we did not want that installed.

We had uninstalled that because it was causing our Crystal Reports 9 Reports to have their references change to CR 2008 during project upgrades to VS 2008, which we did not want.

Edited by: Joanne Thompson on Oct 28, 2009 8:39 AM

[former_member183750]

Crystal Reports Basic 2008 is fine as is. Installation of CR 2008 will essentially take Crystal Reports Basic 2008 out of the picture.

Ludek

[Former Member]

We had uncheked the installation of the Crystal Reports for Visual Studio from CR 2008 when we installed CR2008, due to the similar reasons for not installing CR 2008 Basic in previous post.

Do we need that?

My programmer is telling me that we had CR 2008 Reports in VS 2003 that would not upgrade correctly when it was installed.

[former_member183750]

Nope, you do not need CR 2008 Basic installed.

Ludek

[Former Member]

My programmer has done this once before already, but I will have him try again. I'll do it myself too. I'll let you know if it works. Thanks for the quick responses to the posts.

[Former Member]

Should I also install the Crystal Reports 2008 Sp 0? Located at https://websmp130.sap-ag.de/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/bobj_download/main.htm

[Former Member]

I am still not getting the Custom Tool in VS 2008 it keeps showing up blank

I uninstalled CR 2008 completely and reinstalled the below:

Crystal Reports 2008 -> 12.0.0.683 (appeared to include sp0)

Service Pack 1 -cr2008win_sp1.exe -> 12.1.0.883

Service Pack 2 - cr2008win_sp2.exe -> 12.2.0.290

I downloaded the service packs from

https://websmp230.sap-ag.de/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/bobj_download/main.htm

Are those the correct Service Packs?

Strange thing is, when I looked in control panel at the version number after running SP 2 it still had the SP 1 version, even though it stated that it was SP 2. (even after restarting my pc). I also looked in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Business Objects\Suite 12.0\Installer\ and the currentpatchversion showed 12.2.0.290 which is for SP 2

Nor do I see the CR2008 dlls listed in Visual Studio 2008 when i go to Add References .net folder. I see the CR 9 files listed.

Edited by: Joanne Thompson on Oct 28, 2009 5:38 PM