Can't use Entity Data Source/Telerik Menu missing

[Paul]

I installed the (fully purchased) product and cannot get it to function properly.

Environment: Windows 7 32 bit SP 1, VS2010 SP 1

I downloaded and installed Telerik_Reporting_Q2_2011_v5_1_11_713_dev.msi. VS was not open (nothing was open).

Keep in mind that my client insists on using Visual Basic.net if that makes any difference.

Issues: Can not use the Entity Framework DAL/BLL. I started the Report wizard and when I attempted to create the data source I got a target of an invocation error (which tells me it has something to do with reflection but gives no other information).

I then decided to follow the documentation more precisely and created Class Library project. In the report wizard, when I define the Entity Data Source I get another error, this time it doesn't say anything about "target of an invocation", in fact it says nothing at all. I get an error window popup that is completely empty.

So I give up on Entity Data for the time being and decide to use a SQL data source and I query a View. YAY, success! I make it to the report designer! And this is when I notice that there is no Telerik menu item in Visual Studio. And items are missing from the reporting toolbox.

I go through your Forums and see that others have had the same issue. The answer was to uninstall and re-install or repair. I just attempted the repair option and it didn't work. Now I am trying uninstall and re-install.

My fingers are crossed. If this doesn't work, I think I'm tired of Telerik reporting and will try to convince my client to attempt to get a refund. I have used Telerik controls in the past with success, but this one is really turning out to be a pain in the butt.

After the uninstall, my browser took me to a page on the Telerik site to ask why I was un-installing. I wrote the above and submitted and the site gave me an error "There is something wrong with our server."

Oh great!

[Paul]

I re-installed and still have the same issues.

I think it's possible to create reports despite not being able to use Entity Data Sources and the Telerik Reporting Menu missing, but in a crippled state.

Please let me know if there's any information I can provide in order to handle the situation.

Thank You

Paul

[Peter]

Hello Paul,

In order to investigate the reason for the missing Telerik menu please run Telerik Reporting installer from command prompt with logging information enabled:

msiexec -i path_to\Telerik_Reporting_Q1_2011_DEV.msi -l*xv install.log

and attach the log file.

Up to the EntityDataSource component. The used EF Model should be located in a separate class library in order for the report designer and the report wizards to work properly. Additionally you will have to copy the connection string to the App.config file of the report class library, so that Entity Framework can find your database at design-time.
 
This limitation is caused by Visual Studio Type.GetType and we have to further investigate the issue and undertake appropriate actions.

Kind regards,
Peter
the Telerik team