Can't Add New Crystal Report in VS 2008
- I did google searches and even searched this group and didn't find an answer.
I have several machines with Visual Studio 2005 & Visual Studio 2008 installed on them. The only way we are currently able to add an Crystal Report to projects in Visual Studio 2008, is to create the report in Visual Studio 2005 and Add Existing in 2008.
The option in the Solution Explore to Add New Item... Utilities... Crystal Reports is not there.
I've checked. Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2008 is installed. There where no errors in the install of Visual Studio 2008... How do I get the Crystal Reports item back? I tried devenv /installvstemplates and that had no effect on this problem.
Thanks.
George
George P Botuwell, Programmer
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- George,
With VS the Crystal product that comes is with a limited features and is installed while installing VS in a machine. By going to Add new Item you can add a REport template in which you can create a report to be used by your application. If you want to install the Crystal component then go for custom install and select the crystal components.
Hope it helps!
A-G.
- That's the problem. I am completely unable to create a crystal report by going to Add->New Item->Utility->Crystal Report
It's not there. Utility exists, but Crystal Report doesn't.
George P Botuwell, Programmer I'm completely frustrated and totally perplexed by this issue...
I have verified I have Crystal Reports for VS 2008 Installed, I have verified I have the right VS 2008 options selected.
I have tried about every solution I can find on google, these forums, etc.
I have tried devenv options till I'm sick of them.
I have tried Repairing Crystal Reports for VS 2008, Visual Studio, etc...
I have tried Partial Unisntalls of VS 2008
I have tried full Uninstalls of VS 2008
I have even tried running the Uninstall tool for VS2008
Deleting Left Over Document directories, and registry entries in the RegEdit...
Still once "re-installing" VS 2008, I am unable to use Add->New item->Utility->Crystal Report. It simply does not exist on my computer... SOMEONE PLEASE help. I do not have the time to format my whole OS and try re-installing Visual Studio just to get templates that SHOULD be there. They where there in VS 2005 without any of this trouble... They are still there in VS 2005 and I'm frustrated enough to revert back to VS 2005 at this point if someone can't some how help me with this Install issue.
Thanks,
George
George P Botuwell, Programmer- OK i am on VS2008 OS Vista
I did a Full(Complete) Installation(No custom,Partial)
I select an application right click on the proj file say add--> new Item
Under Reporting there is this Crystal Report template.
I hate to to say may be u got the partial install u need to click the FULL while installing again i am not sure about this
BUT THE CRYSTAL TEMPLATE WILL SHOW IF YOU DID A FULL INSTALL AS IT IS SHOWING ON MINE
Peace
Kartik
I am what i am - kartik tallapragada said:
OK i am on VS2008 OS Vista
I did a Full(Complete) Installation(No custom,Partial)
I select an application right click on the proj file say add--> new Item
Under Reporting there is this Crystal Report template.
I hate to to say may be u got the partial install u need to click the FULL while installing again i am not sure about this
BUT THE CRYSTAL TEMPLATE WILL SHOW IF YOU DID A FULL INSTALL AS IT IS SHOWING ON MINE
Peace
Kartik
I am what i am
Ok. If I do a C# application, you are correct. Going to Add->New Item it is there. But in my projects in VS 2005 it was Under Utility and it's not there even if I do a FULL install (which believe me) I have tried.
George
George P Botuwell, Programmer - This does not help me... I need Crystal Report Template in VC++. It will really suck and slow productivity to have to run 2 IDES (one in C++ and the other in C# for Reports) to develop reprots when in 2005 I was able to develop the report right there with the rest of my code.
George P Botuwell, Programmer - sorry if you've already answered this, but have we established which version of vs2008 you're using? standard, professional, or whatever other ones are available? Cause I'm farely certain that if you don't have professional, you don't get all the options ... i know this has been discussed in other threads like this one ... http://forums.msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/vscrystalreports/thread/381e6abd-44ae-434f-a9c2-72ff7f79e20c
- Greetings George,
I have a long history with Crystal Reports and development. My heart goes out to you. I don't believe that VSS 2008 uses the Crystal Reports 2008 engine by default. It uses Crystal Reports XI.
And... if you have been installing and uninstalling, your going to have a lot of garbage in your registry from leftover Crystal reports stuff. It is very difficult to get it cleaned out. This is usually the reason that stuff doesn't show up in
VSS. YOU HAVE TO USE A UTILITY TO CLEAN OUT THE REGISTRY!! I found it by googling microsoft.
After stuff is cleaned out and there isn't a scrap of anything of crystal reports, the order of install is:
VSS 2008
Crystal Reports XI R2
Check to see if you have a healthy template in VSS.
Don't try installing Crystal Reports 2008 on the same machine, install it in a virtual pc environment.
Hope this helps you.
Shawn Marie Austin
Olympia, WA - I don't know that I did state which version of Visual Studio I have... But as it turns out it is Visual Studio Team System 2008 Development Version...
George P Botuwell, Programmer - Shavona48 said:
Greetings George,
I have a long history with Crystal Reports and development. My heart goes out to you. I don't believe that VSS 2008 uses the Crystal Reports 2008 engine by default. It uses Crystal Reports XI.
And... if you have been installing and uninstalling, your going to have a lot of garbage in your registry from leftover Crystal reports stuff. It is very difficult to get it cleaned out. This is usually the reason that stuff doesn't show up in
VSS. YOU HAVE TO USE A UTILITY TO CLEAN OUT THE REGISTRY!! I found it by googling microsoft.
After stuff is cleaned out and there isn't a scrap of anything of crystal reports, the order of install is:
VSS 2008
Crystal Reports XI R2
Check to see if you have a healthy template in VSS.
Don't try installing Crystal Reports 2008 on the same machine, install it in a virtual pc environment.
Hope this helps you.
Shawn Marie Austin
Olympia, WA
Shawn,
I'm not trying to install Crystal Reports 2008... I'm trying to install the Crystal Reports that IS bundled/included in the Visual Studio 2008 install (it's named in the Control Panel: Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008 - but it is a 10.5 version of Crystal Reports Engine. The problem here is that Crystal Report works in Visual Studio. It works on existing projects with existing reports. It works on Visual C# projects to create a NEW non-existing reports. But on my Visual C++ projects there is not way to create a NEW non-existing report (where as in Visual Studio 2005 Visual C++ it was possible).
This clean utility you mention you found on Microsofts site. Is it a Visual Studio clean utility or an Crystal Reports clean utilty? I have an utility different from the Vistual Studio uninstall (in Control Panel) which I found (on Microsoft's site) and used to 'uninstall' the Visual Studio and even after that I still don't have the template I need.
George
George P Botuwell, Programmer - Hi George,
did you ever get to the bottom of this issue, i.e. no CR template. I am having the same problem. In my case I've had the CR 2008 evaluation version on my machine but I've since did a system restore to a point prior to installing it. I am running VS 2008 on XP and am developing using ASP.Net
thanks in advance
Tony - Hi All:
I had the same problem, and found that I have installed Visual Studio on drive E: but the Crystal Reports Templates were on drive C:.
So I've copied the Crystal Reports templates files to My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Templates\ and now they appear as My Templates.
The template files were on C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\
Damian - Damian,
Maybe you can be specific about what files where. I just tried this and was unable after multiple attempts to get the Crystal Reports Templates to show in my templates.
Thanks,
George
George P Botuwell, Programmer - Hi George,
Did you found the solution ?
I have the same problem.
Regards - Okay, here is what I did to fix this issue.
1 - Open up a project in VS2008.
2 - Go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Crystal Reports\Samples\En\Reports\General Business where you should find some example CR reports.
3 - Drag one of the .rpt files into your VS IDE. (I think I actually dropped mine onto a regular report that I had created in desperation.)
4 - Wait a second or two and VS should prompt you to accept the CR user agreement.
5 - Accept and the report should open up in your IDE.
Now you should be able to go to the Add New... menu and find Crystal Reports in the Reporting tab. At least, that is where it was for me. I guess CR wont show up until you've accepted the user agreement, but VS forgets to ask you to. You've just got to force the issue.
This worked for me. I hope it works for you.
Rick
Okay, here is what I did to fix this issue.
1 - Open up a project in VS2008.
2 - Go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Crystal Reports\Samples\En\Reports\General Business where you should find some example CR reports.
3 - Drag one of the .rpt files into your VS IDE. (I think I actually dropped mine onto a regular report that I had created in desperation.)
4 - Wait a second or two and VS should prompt you to accept the CR user agreement.
5 - Accept and the report should open up in your IDE.
Now you should be able to go to the Add New... menu and find Crystal Reports in the Reporting tab. At least, that is where it was for me. I guess CR wont show up until you've accepted the user agreement, but VS forgets to ask you to. You've just got to force the issue.
This worked for me. I hope it works for you.
Rick
Sorry Rick. Did exactly as you described. The report opened in the IDE, I got no CR user agreement (pretty sure that I have already agreed to this) and I still don't ahve an Ad New Crystal Reports template in my project (a C++ project). AGAIN, I have the option if I use a project other than a C++ project.
George P Botuwell, Programmer- I have downloaded and Install VS2010 Beta 2 on a computer which has never had Visual Studio installed on it, Running Visual Studio 2010 Premium Beta 2, this problem still exists. This is on a completely different computer than my original problem. In addition there isn't 1 computer in our 10 developer's computers which is able to add a new Crystal Report to a C++ Project without first creating the report some other way or adding an existing report and hacking it into the new report that we need.
If you're having this problem as well and would like to see it changed/fixed, add your reference to the bug I have created on this issue. I have opened feedback/bug report against the 2010 Beta 2 version of Visual Studio. The link for it (I beleive this should work) is:
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=509954
George P Botuwell, Programmer
