SAP 23 for Visual Studio 2017 Community

[Former Member]

Hello - I'm working on an application that is using webforms with Crystal Reports and targeting .NET framework 4.6.1. I've tried installing the CR for VS package on my x64 machine, but I can't get the integration with Visual Studio to work. I have run that as administrator (which is also how I run Visual Studio) and I've tried both with and without the runtime installed. There are no other references to old runtime versions. I'm using the latest Visual Studio version (15.8.8). When I try to open the RPT files, it just opens them in binary format. I've also noticed that the project templates aren't installed either.

I would appreciate any help you are able to offer. Thanks!

[former_member11696 · Accepted solution]

Hi Andrew,

Try repairing VS after uninstalling SP 23.

Then right click on the setup.exe and selecting Run As Administrator and see if that integrates into VS 2017 SP 8.

According to MS:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes

It was just released, it may be they changed the registry keys we were using to check the version or where we install the templates or something that our instlaler doesn't find it now.

It should have said it can't find VS though if that was the issue...

I'll get a new VM imnage running and see if it works for me and Ping R&D is they are aware of any issues.

Only thing I see on the our release notes is VS 2017 SP 7 and earlier, so it may be we can't support SP 8 and above yet.

Don

[former_member11696]

Just installed 15.8.9 and it works fine.

You must install the exe by right clicking on the EXE and select Run as Administrator, even if you are a local Admin.

If that does not work, uninstall CR for VS, Repair VS and then install CR for VS.

Don

[Former Member]

Hi Dell - I have looked at that and I've done the installation only with VS already installed. I've only used the SAP 23 version which it state is compatible with VS 2017. I've tried both with and without the runtime. It seems like the integration with VS never works because the project templates are never available. Any other ideas?

Thanks!

[Former Member]

Hi Dell - I have had VS installed first, so all SDK installations have taken place after. I have tried installing the CR for VS tools both with and without the runtime installed. I have only tested with SAP 23 as I'm using VS 2017 15.8.8. Any other suggestions?

[DellSC]

I suspect that you have downloaded one of the runtimes. Also, VS must be installed before installing the SDK.

You'll need to go here https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/Crystal+Reports%2C+Developer+for+Visual+Studio+Downloads

There is a bunch of information in the wiki that you'll want to review. There are also links to sample code. When you click on the link there to download the SDK, it will take you to a place where you'll enter your name and email address before it takes you to the download page.

When you get to the download page, the orange button will download the .exe that will integrate Crystal into Visual Studio. This is for installation on developer workstations where VS is installed. The blue buttons at the bottom are for downloading the various runtime install options. These are for use ONLY when deploying your application - do not install on the developer workstation. However, you'll want to download one or more of these now. The version of the runtime and the version in Visual Studio MUST match! But these buttons will always download whatever is the latest version of the SDK. There are ways to get to older versions, but it's easiest to download the runtime at the same time as you download the integration.

-Dell