Converting reports from ActiveReports

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Article relates to	Telerik Reporting
Created by	Ross, Telerik
Last modified	September, 2010
Last modified by	Steve, Telerik

 
HOW-TO
Converting reports from various versions of ActiveReports

DESCRIPTION
The Telerik converter from ActiveReports is built against the version of ActiveReports described in the right-hand information panel of the "Report Choice Page" of the "New Report Wizard". To see that description, start the "New Report Wizard", select "Convert from existing Report" and then select "ActiveReports". If you have upgraded to a newer version of ActiveReports, you will need to add an assembly binding redirect statement to your Visual Studio configuration file.

SOLUTION

1. Examine the Global Assembly Cache (C:\WINDOWS\assembly) to check which version of ActiveReports you have installed.
2. Depending on the version you use, modify the following statements accordingly and insert them in your configuration file, usually located at:
   C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.Config 
    
   

   <configuration>

   <runtime>

   <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">

   <dependentAssembly>

   <assemblyIdentity

   name="ActiveReports3"

   publicKeyToken="cc4967777c49a3ff"

   culture="neutral" />

   <bindingRedirect newVersion="x.x.x.x" oldVersion="x.x.x.x" />

   </dependentAssembly>

   <dependentAssembly>

   <assemblyIdentity

   name="ActiveReports.Viewer3"

   publicKeyToken="cc4967777c49a3ff"

   culture="neutral" />

   <bindingRedirect newVersion="x.x.x.x" oldVersion="x.x.x.x" />

   </dependentAssembly>

   </assemblyBinding>

   </runtime>

   </configuration>

    
   where x.x.x.x is the version of ActiveReports that you are using and x.x.x.x is the version mentioned in the "New Report Wizard".
    
3. Restart Visual Studio.

Note: Currently the converter only works with ActiveReports 3. Support for ActiveReports 6 is planned for subsequent versions.

"ActiveReports" is a trademark of Data Dynamics.