Desktop does not exist in namespace CrystalDecisions.Enterprise

[Former Member]

The build in VS2017 - framework 4.5.2 - EF5

The application was build VS2010 and is being upgraded to 2017. The applications ReportsController.cs is erroring with the following error.

The type of namespace name 'Desktop' does not exist in the namespace 'CrystalDecisions.Enterprise' . The app has the following references loaded - CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, CrystalDecisions.Data.AdoDotNetInterop, CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Framework. and CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.InfoStore .

[DellSC · Accepted solution]

Which version (service pack) of the .NET SDK are you using? Is the issue appearing in VS or when you deploy the application. If it appears when you deploy the application, do you have the same version of the runtime installed as the version you're using in VS? The two versions MUST be the same!

-Dell

[Former Member]

Thank you - I needed to load the CrystalDecisions.Enterprise.Desktop.Report.