Crystal Reports Viewer Version

[Former Member]

I have written an WinForms app in Visual Studio 2010 and embedded the Crystal Reports 2008 viewer.  Everything works fine, but the viewer requires .Net Framework 4+.  My target deployment group is on .Net Framework 3.5sp1, and are unable to upgrade to 4.  When I change the .Net Framework in Visual Studio, I get multiple errors stating that the "CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, version=12.0.2000.0 could not be resolved" because "The version found in the current target framework is 10.5.3700.0."

I have the full Crystal Reports 2008 package installed on my development computer.  Is there a version of the 2008 engine for .Net Framework 3.5, or is there a way I can install version 10.5.3700.0 of the engine (maybe just copy the file to my computer and reference it in my project)?

Thanks,

Jack

[former_member11696 · Accepted solution]

CR 2008 is not supported in VS 2010 and does not integrate into VS 2008.

Look on the Overview tab for downloads for CR for VS 2010.

Don

PS - PLEASE search, this has question has been asked and answered 1000's of time.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Don,

I guess I didn't phrase my issue clearly.  I did search and there were no questions/answers similar to mine.  I don't think there is any issue between VS 2010 & CR 2008.

When I set the targeted .Net Framework version to 4, "Import CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine" automatically adds a reference to version=12.0.2000.0.

When I set the targeted .Net Framework version to 3.5, the same import statement changes the reference to version 10.5.3700.0.

I then get an error that the public token in the Engine is for version 12.0.2000.0, but the token found in the framework is for version 10.5.3700.00.

Since all I did was change the .Net Framework version, I am interpreting this to mean that the CR2008 viewer is supported by the .Net Framework 4, but not 3.5.

I also assumed that an earlier version of the CR Viewer could be used, but I can't get CR XI to install.  It fails to register components and will not complete the installation.

Is there any CR Version viewer that can be used with .Net Framework 3.5?  If so, can I install it on my development computer along side CR 2008?

Thank you,

Jack

[former_member11696 · Accepted solution]

You can't use CR 2008 in VS 2010, if you must use CR 2008 then you have to use VS 2005 or 2008.

If you must use VS 2010 then you can download CR for Visual Studio, link is on the Overview Tab.

SP 5 was just released and also works in VS 2012.

Don